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In response to "I will say, Portland seems like a cool place....no sales tax (but higher RE) -- nm" by zeitgeist

(soapbox) no sales tax, no income tax, no (whatever) tax is attractive on the surface, but you have to fund your government somehow.

Posted by ty97 Aug 8 '14, 17:16

(this is not a PDX specific statement). Governments and related programs cost money. If you don't fund them in one way, you fund them in another. Or, alternatively, you don't have them.

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funding your state gov on sales taxes though is a roller coaster as you go from boom/recession, now WA will strangle itself with Iman tax law - zeitgeist Aug 8, 17:22 1
- Not to mention it's an inherently regressive tax structure -- nm - znufrii Aug 8, 19:15

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(soapbox) no sales tax, no income tax, no (whatever) tax is attractive on the surface, but you have to fund your government somehow.

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