Originally Posted by
LesterOfPuppets
I've lived in a state with no sales tax and a state with no income tax. I think I prefer the no income tax.
Income tax gets your money before you spend it. Sales tax (in my state) only goes after money when you spend it on many non-grocery items.
I too have lived in both. Theoretically, the income tax is the fairer of the two because it generate funding based on one's ability to contribute. Sales tax just washes over everyone and typically hits the low income resident the hardest. But the same can be said of sin taxes.
The OP's post has the typical victim spin. If you think you're getting a great deal, then great. But expressing your disappointment about have determined that your state will collect sales tax, or another will do so because of a reciprocity agreement, is just another case of sour grapes. I feel for you but taxes
have to be collected.