"It will be mine... oh yes, it will be mine."



I will buy this Peavey Razer. I love it soooooooo much. I only wish it was a different colour. I think I'm realistically willing to pay up to $200 for it. I'm hoping that it won't go for much since they don't take paypal. (Who the fuck doesn't take paypal?)

Anyone have an opinion on VAT/GST versus U.S. Sales Tax? I just read this entire wikipedia article on it, and I don't know really how I feel about it. It seems to me like the VAT keeps the supply chain more honest, creates more revenue for the state, and doesn't impact the consumer any differently. The other VAT advantage to the state is that sales taxes aren't applicable toward services and the VAT/GST is.

I used to be against sales tax because it acts as a regressive tax and as such, is more disadvantageous to lower income households, but I now don't see that as a problem. In the EU most countries have a 17 to 20 percent VAT, and if we had much higher sales taxes here in the US, it would discourage our rampant consumerism. Especially since such a huge chunk of what Americans buy is produced if not in sweat shops or by slave labor, is at least manufactured by people earning far less than a fair wage who live under the oppressive thumb of their corrupt governments. Who profits from this? American corporations. Oil companies who sell fuel to have this cheap garbage trucked across the country. Mega retailers who negotiate absurdly low prices by purchasing entire forests worth of cheap pink notebooks with the word "Sexy" on the cover.

Things should be more expensive. But not this guitar I want. It should be $100.
- posted by Mason @ 6:10 PM