Originally Posted by djplong

Tbugs - take a look at New Hampshire. We have no income tax. No sales tax. We *do* have a meals tax and a Business Profits Tax. We still survive. Oh - and we pay our legislators $150 per year, plus some expenses for actually GETTING to Concord if they live far away. We don't have the problem of professional politicians. We DO have the occasional problem of INCOMPETENT politicians, but elections usually take care of that.