Think of me, I pay the same taxes as Sydney and Melbourne and these are my roads

 

But a lot less traffic!

 

Haha I was about to write exactly the same response.

 

And wonderfully free of potholes that have been left untreated...

 

No ebay sales tax for Texas yet but I have had a buyer get pissed at me for charging sales tax when ebay withheld tax for NJ.

 

Like frogs in rising water temp- we complain but do nothing about it.
Last time the folks in my country got riled up about it, some guys in costume dumped a bunch of tea into Boston harbor and everyone thumbed their nose at the King...I think some shit went down over that. We have been pretty complacent about it since.

 

And sadly, after Brexit, most likely from the EU too (not to mention the sinking pound)

 

Oh US taxes. I have no idea.

 

That was a group of rich people who were making money on the backs of other people(literally) no wanting to give up a cut any more. The rich have more sophisticated ways of holding on to ill gotten gains now.

 

18 percent import in the great white north.

 

Did a quick calculation using online tools: and these were the figures that popped up.
(Wrist watch) to GB from US with a value of 5000 GDP results in the following:

Duty & Tax Charges
Duty: Between 4-8% of cost of goods

VAT: (Rate of 20 %) on the duty fee paid, item cost inc shipping

Total: close to £1320 at 5% duty and £100 shipping costs.
What is that, around 24% tax

Makes me wonder how much tax a watch can generate over its life time.

 

I thought this when I imported a ‘79 Speedy from America to the UK. When the Extract showed up it was originally delivered to UK anyway.

 

You must be a Bernie or Warren supporter if you believe wealthy people have achieved their wealth through crooked and dubious means. In your world that wealth must be stripped and redistributed to regular folks to achieve fairness.

 

I personally park it in Omega watches.

 

Famous line from Gordon Gekko to young Bud Fox in Wall Street (1987): “C’mon, Buddy, you’re not naive enough to believe that we’re living in a democracy!”

 

Someone's triggered

 

Shall we not have a political discussion on the internet please?

 

Whinger!

 

What are those green lights in black boxes for ?

We do get a bit of bitumen