TAX

I just got back from vacationing in Oregon to visit my cousins, Stacey and Julie. Actually, I was visiting their whole family but since Stacey and Julie are closest to my age, and are the ones that I play with, I say that I was visiting them. So while I was on this vacation there were a few times when we would go to a store to buy something. The first time I was in a Wal-Mart and I was buying Wrigley's WinterFresh Gum TM. So I got up to the register and was prepared to pay for the 89 cent package with a 1 dollar bill. I did so and the cashier took my money and gave me back 11 cents in change. This caused me to pause and think for a moment. Surely this could not be correct, what about the sales tax, but then it struck me. THERE IS NO SALES TAX IN OREGON!!! This instantly put me in a fantastic mood and made me want to go buy more cheap stuff. We then went into a store with the title "The Dollar Tree" We have these stores in Utah also and they pride themselves in advertising that everything in the store is just one dollar. But If you only have one dollar you cannot walk into the store and buy a single item because of a sales tax. But when you are in Oregon you can purchase anything you want in that entire store having nothing more than 100 pennies. But of course there is always a drawback. Oregon makes up for the money by placing insane property taxes. This is why I have decided that when I grow up I will beat the system by living in Washington or on the peninsula of Idaho and crossing the border to do all of my shopping.