“At each and every stop, in items large and small, the greedy hand of government has its sticky fingers in every pocket. With bread, a recent study by Price Waterhouse shows that 30 different taxes imposed on the production and sale of a loaf of bread account for 27 percent of the average retail price. Buy some new tires and it’s $36 on every $100 that goes to the taxman. On the price of a new car, an Americans for Tax Reform study shows that the total taxes reach 45 percent of the showroom sticker price. Add some gas and 54 percent of what you pay for a fill-up goes for 43 different federal, state and local taxes rather than to the oil producer and retailer.”

Not quite sure how to rate this with stars. 5 stars, a multiple of times for accuracy or, a HUGE thumbs down for what the sticky fingers and religious dogma of the patrons of the occupying statist theocracy infesting this land has done to destroy a once free representative republic.

Why is it that Americans do not question why our government is broke and owes trillions it can never pay back when it takes 1/3 of everything the people make every year? We should be the richest and most prosperous country in the world. It just goes to show that government is nothing but a racket.

I agree with your other comments. Our government is lining their own individual pockets with our hard earned money - and they will put us in jail if we don't pay. Isn't this the reason our ancestors left Europe? TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION.