I'm officially anti-tax. I've had an epiphany.

My girlfriend just moved to DC from Bethesda, so she has to transfer her license, registration, title, insurance etc.

Apparently DC has an excise tax when obtaining a title, which means simply to register your car, on top of the fees, you have to pay them 6% of the value of your car, just because they said so. Mind you, she paid tax on the car when she purchased it a few years ago.

SHE'S BEING TAXED ON A PURCHASE SHE MADE YEARS AGO, THAT SHE WAS ALREADY TAXED ON.

Which leads me to sales tax. I scrimp and save and work to earn my money, and pay income taxes on it. Aggravating, but fair enough. The government needs funding.

Why then, do I pay tax on an item when I buy it? I'm not earning anything, I'm paying a fee to spend money. The seller be taxed for making money, just as I am.

I'm voting for whoever proposes scrapping the current federal/state/local tax laws and comes up with a plan that doesn't charge me arbitrarily.

I'm gonna go dump some tea in the river.