Taxing medicine and food is fucking obscene. At least Florida gets that much right.

In my country we have a flat 25 % tax on anything sold to an end consumer. It’s often mentioned as the most important tax we have to equalise the economy and finance the welfare state.

The point is that, because it’s a flat rate, you end up paying more the more money you have. If you only buy cheap groceries, that 25 % isn’t a huge amount of cash, while if you buy an expensive boat or car, it becomes quite a bit. This turns out to be a great way of ensuring that anyone who wants to “live rich” pays a decent amount for it.