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Natter 37: Oddly Enough, We've Had This Conversation Before.  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


§ ita § - Jul 27, 2005 9:15:46 am PDT #3293 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

What matters is whether you or any of your heirs might ever consider selling grandma's beloved wingding.

Are you suggesting taxing upon receipt as a way to prevent black market profit? I responded to your post thinking that crack was hyperbole, but it's not, is it?


Jesse - Jul 27, 2005 9:16:19 am PDT #3294 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Some places don't have sales tax, right?

Yes. New Hampshire, Delaware are two, I think.


P.M. Marc - Jul 27, 2005 9:17:16 am PDT #3295 of 10002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

Oregon also does not have sales tax. Washington has a high sales tax, but no state income tax.


lori - Jul 27, 2005 9:17:27 am PDT #3296 of 10002

Oregon. No?

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§ ita § - Jul 27, 2005 9:17:41 am PDT #3297 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

when does money ever change hands without the government taking a cut?

Gifts under the threshold that bon mentioned upthread?


Nutty - Jul 27, 2005 9:19:25 am PDT #3298 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."

New Hampshire doesn't have sales tax because it is an incredibly stubborn state. With the highest property taxes in the galaxy.

Are you suggesting taxing upon receipt as a way to prevent black market profit? I responded to your post thinking that crack was hyperbole, but it's not, is it?

No, taxing != prevention of black market sale. The idea is, the thing has cash value, and cash value supercedes any intimations of emotional value (because the former can be proved and the latter can not), and why shouldn't the government take a cut of a cash transaction? It does that all the time.

(Yes, the crack thing was a joke.)


sarameg - Jul 27, 2005 9:19:28 am PDT #3299 of 10002

We didn't have a sales tax! For a week. Only on clothing and shoes, I think.

It was a little odd. I think it was some back-to-school deal or the legislature being weird, because they do that sometimes.


Jesse - Jul 27, 2005 9:20:08 am PDT #3300 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

New Hampshire doesn't have sales tax because it is an incredibly stubborn state.

Regardless, when I buy stuff there, the government does not get a cut from me.


§ ita § - Jul 27, 2005 9:20:47 am PDT #3301 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

the crack thing was a joke

Then why not tax when something's sold, instead of received?


sarameg - Jul 27, 2005 9:21:42 am PDT #3302 of 10002

Oh my...there was even a list!

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