Child: "Mom, what does 'plus tax' mean?"
Mom: "It means we have to pay an extra tax."
Child: "What does that mean?"
Mom: "We live in Massachusetts, so we need to pay a little extra."
And that, in a nutshell, is what thousands of Massachusetts residents go through every single day.
stubborn facts
ReplyDeletehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sales_taxes_in_the_United_States
the fact is taxes here just keep going up
ReplyDeletehttp://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/06/30/patrick_won8217t_rule_out_another_tax_increase_after_signing_budget/
http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=gov3pressrelease&L=1&L0=Home&sid=Agov3&b=pressrelease&f=080703_taxfairness&csid=Agov3
http://www.massbudget.org/documentsearch/findDocument?doc_id=775&dse_id=1463