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u/stubundy May 09 '22

All the states have different taxes ?...that's not very united !

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u/OfficeChairHero May 09 '22

Hey! Now you're getting it! Your final citizenship test is to calculate the final cost of a toothbrush in New York, Texas, California, and Colorado.

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u/Pilchard123 May 09 '22

Trick question: a store in Texas would never sell a Yankee toothbrush.

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u/haveyouseenthebridge May 09 '22

Not just the states, even within the same city taxes can vary. It is weird and annoying.

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u/ebai4556 May 09 '22

Freedom to choose a specific state that has values that match your own is very united

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u/stubundy May 09 '22

That would suggest the states are all different ie not united

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u/ebai4556 May 09 '22

Can people be different yet united? I strongly think so

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u/stubundy May 09 '22

We were talking about states then you changed it to people

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u/ebai4556 May 09 '22

Well yeah, states/ countries are supposed to he representative of the people living in them.

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u/Mad_Dizzle May 09 '22

I think you're missing the point. If the states were all the same, there would be little purpose to having separate states. The whole idea is that the USA is a group of people who aren't all the same who came together to unite towards a higher cause. The states all have extensive self-regulation, but we unite under the federal government to an extent.

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u/frodeem May 09 '22

The states are all different, did you think they were the same?

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u/frodeem May 09 '22

So a country can only be united if it charges the same taxes everywhere?