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Originally Posted by fjtorres
Of course it works well.
Especially for taxpayers. Those that believe in tax-and-spend regimes get to put their own money where there mouths are and the rest...
Well, Non-payment of use tax is a valid form of civil disobedience.
And safe.
The assumption that government is rightfully entitled to all the citizen's money they choose to claim is not universally supported on this side of the pond. Never has been. You have heard about the Indian Tea Party and the Whiskey rebellion, right? Rumrunners and moonshiners? Long history of stiffing Uncle Sam whenever possible. Use tax is simply the easiest and lowest risk way to do it.
And use tax is far from the only tax that citizens choose to "not know about". Just ask New Yorkers about cigarrete smugglers. Or the effectiveness of sin taxes, which typically shift buyers to the nearest tax-free county. It's pretty common form of rebellion in a rebellious society.
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In the days before the net, I'd hold off buying big ticket items until I visited friends in Portland. That way, I avoided paying sales tax. Washington has a sales tax and Oregon doesn't.