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To: ChicagoConservative27

I’m sure we would all be shocked at how much in various taxes we pay.

We directly see the income taxes withheld out of our paychecks.

So what about taxes we pay for gasoline, as an example? In some places over $1 a gallon of what you pay is simply paying various taxes on that gasoline. But those taxes are rarely broken out and listed on a gas pump.

What about all the sales tax you pay on everything you buy when you go shopping? I don’t think many people have a good handle on how much in taxes they pay every time they go shopping, and how much that adds up over the course of a year.

Homeowners get a property tax bill and can document that amount. Renters do not get a property tax bill but their rent is certainly higher than it would be otherwise because of the property tax that the landlord pays for that property.


10 posted on 01/29/2024 7:41:24 AM PST by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Not that the rulers would lower the taxes but a lot
of tax money goes to the illegals that come in and
get benefits but don’t pay their full share.

Everything changes over a span of years and most all
things ruin, die or become useless in some way. It’s
the voters that have an to react or things won’t change
for us individually until we die. jmo


20 posted on 01/29/2024 7:57:00 AM PST by deport
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To: Dilbert San Diego
So what about taxes we pay for gasoline, as an example? In some places over $1 a gallon of what you pay is simply paying various taxes on that gasoline. But those taxes are rarely broken out and listed on a gas pump.

In some places that would be illegal!

37 posted on 01/29/2024 8:40:19 AM PST by null and void (I identify as a conspiracy theorist. My personal pronouns are told/you/so.)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

If you list the items you get taxed on it would take at least two sheets of paper and the totals would be shocking.


48 posted on 01/29/2024 9:55:53 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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