http://www.mattromaine.com/2004/04/12/restricting-imports/ Tokyo and tech through the eyes of a split pea Wed, 23 Sep 2009 11:20:52 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.mattromaine.com/2004/04/12/restricting-imports/comment-page-1/#comment-188 Yosteve Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mattromaine.com/?p=261#comment-188 i love the all-in pricing, since it means i don't have to calculate the tax to know what an item costs (yeah, i know, it's not that hard),and i don't agree it means the gov't can raise taxes w/o us knowing, since I can read a newspaper, too! everyone in europe knows what their vat is. i think the concern is irrational hysteria (that's as opposed to the rational kind) i love the all-in pricing, since it means i don’t have to calculate the tax to know what an item costs (yeah, i know, it’s not that hard),and i don’t agree it means the gov’t can raise taxes w/o us knowing, since I can read a newspaper, too! everyone in europe knows what their vat is. i think the concern is irrational hysteria (that’s as opposed to the rational kind)

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