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Originally Posted by pbaronie
I could never understand why when I buy anything used I should pay sales tax. When retailers sell new they collect sales tax and pass it on to the state. That should be it! Why does the state get to reek the benefit on the same item if it is resold over and over? Where does it end?
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Then ask yourself why inheritance taxes exist. A person pays social security, federal, state etc for years and years on their income. Then they pass away and wham, the person who collects pays taxes on that. Sad, but true.