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Sheriff Metz wrote:QUOTE (Sheriff Metz @ Jan 24 2018, 06:19 AM) it's time to start beheading our leaders in public again

can we start with globey first

Sheriff Metz wrote:QUOTE (Sheriff Metz @ Jan 23 2018, 10:10 AM) Certain things are cheaper certain places.

Like I'm....an hour and a half to 2 hours south of the canadian border and they come all the way down here to shop at the outlet malls for clothes, also they hit up the Trader Joe's nearest the border to stock up on booze (and WA sin tax is extreme so it seems odd to me) I don't know the details on Canada's taxation or why buying stuff here is desirable, really.

Nothing you've said here I disagree with. But your earlier assertion was that Canadians travel south of the border to avoid the high price of goods and suggested that you were fairly certain that the difference in the price of goods was due to sales tax.

I am conceding that it is likely that people travel from Canada to the US to buy goods. My question is how economical that really is after factoring in travel expenses, and whether or not it's taxation that drives the economic reality.

I could similarly see people crossing the border from Nevada into California to do grocery shopping since California places strict limits on property tax increases from year to year which could drive down food prices (which are exempt from sales tax in California). It would make sense that it happens if also, for example, the people happened to live so close to the border that the closest grocery store was technically over the border.

In a rural area, that latter explanation seems incredibly possible. But didn't you say in discord that your city didn't have a clothes shop?

minigun wrote:QUOTE (minigun @ Jan 23 2018, 11:11 AM) I hate getting taxed to death. King George tried to tax the hell out of the american colonies. They revolted and started a global war against england. The new america took to republicanism to reject monarchy. I can see taxes to fund your army or a war. To much is to much. Ill always be siding with less taxes.

This is not at all how the US independence war came to be. At the highest, taxation in the American colonies was lower than for comparably-classed British citizens. Indeed, almost all of the people living in the colonies wanted to be British subjects. The declaration of Independence is less "we're leaving you" and more "hey look we really wanted to stick around and make this work but you told us you weren't interested so..."

tears drop when i watch this video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0YCV1yTCLA

God i love America.....it's soooooooo emotional

tears drop when I watch this video

phoenix1 wrote:QUOTE (phoenix1 @ Jan 24 2018, 12:16 PM) This is not at all how the US independence war came to be. At the highest, taxation in the American colonies was lower than for comparably-classed British citizens. Indeed, almost all of the people living in the colonies wanted to be British subjects. The declaration of Independence is less "we're leaving you" and more "hey look we really wanted to stick around and make this work but you told us you weren't interested so..."

Maybe taxation without representation. The colonies didn't vote for anyone in the British parliament, yet they were taxed. This was one of the many reasons for gaining independence aka Boston tea party.

minigun wrote:QUOTE (minigun @ Jan 23 2018, 08:52 PM) Maybe taxation without representation. The colonies didn't vote for anyone in the British parliament, yet they were taxed. This was one of the many reasons for gaining independence aka Boston tea party.

Right, but the emphasis there wasn't on the taxation. For much of the mid 1700s the colonies were obsessed with representation People call it a tax revolt, but really it's more like the taxes were a good excuse to revolt over not have representation.

cashto wrote:QUOTE (cashto @ Jan 24 2018, 01:20 PM) tears drop when I watch this video

OMG that's is funny as hell, thank you cashto

phoenix1 wrote:QUOTE (phoenix1 @ Jan 23 2018, 05:08 PM) In a rural area, that latter explanation seems incredibly possible. But didn't you say in discord that your city didn't have a clothes shop?

Not in my city but 20 minutes south are the outlet malls and it's always packed with canasians. enough so that they do currency exchange there. also the currency exchange rate is highway robbery at the mall. most businesses don't do currency exchange

Sheriff Metz wrote:QUOTE (Sheriff Metz @ Jan 22 2018, 04:38 PM) another thing I think is funny is hoow much the liberals name drop Canada to justify socializing everything, meanwhile everyone who lives anywhere near the border comes down to WA state to do their shopping because it's cheaper to take a short vacation to buy things in WA state and then return to Canada than it is to buy things in canada due to the taxation. lol.

I find that incredibly ironic, a everyone I know that lives in southern washington goes to "liberal" oregon to do their shopping!