LaTigresse
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We have a state income tax, federal income tax and the sales tax varies quite a bit from town to town. Here is a good one for you. I live in one county, pay property tax for that county, but if I buy something relatively locally to be delivered to my house, like LP, not only do I have to pay the sales tax for the county their main office is in, but an additional amount for the schools the county my mail box is in, which is not the county I actually live in. Here in Iowa City, property tax is considerably higher than where I live. Sales tax is also higher here than at home. So for things like horse supplies where it would be easier to get on an errand run during lunch, I wait and pick it up at the company's other store in a town closer to home, because the sales tax is lower. Do not even get me started on the crazy differences in gas prices around here. Iowa City is always ten cents a gallon more than near where I live. Yet, if I drive west from home on the state highways, the price gets even lower. BUT if I leave Iowa City and drive west (just 60ish miles north but parallel to the state highways running west from my house) the price gets even higher than in Iowa City......usually. Until you get to DesMoines which varies depending upon the neighbourhood.
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My twisted, self deprecating, sense of humour, finds alot to laugh about, in your lack of one! Just because you are well educated, articulate, and can use big, fancy words, properly........does not mean you are right!
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