18 Aug 06 10:58, mark lewis wrote to DAVID WILLIAMS:

 ml> -> i hear ya... for the most part that i'm aware of, here in the US,
 ml> -> the tags do not include the taxes... this is one reason why i
 ml> -> generally round up to the next dollar when shopping and tallying
 ml> -> what i've spent...

 DW>> You can't pay much in tax. Here, an item with a ticket price of
 DW>> $20,  say, costs nearly $23 when the tax is added in.

 ml> we don't pay 15% like you all do... 15% based on adding $3 to $20 ;)

 ml> however, our gasoline tax is way up there... something like 28cents
 ml> of every dollar or so...

Which explains why NC gas is cheaper than CA gas - they impose fed and
state fuel taxes and state sales taxes to the amount of 45 cents.

               R\%/itt


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