Sales tax creates more unnecessary pain than value added tax

Re:Sales tax creates more unnecessary pain than value added tax by ghgdynb1 on Friday December 11, 2020 @03:24PM (#25390483)

I’m going to bookmark this as an example of how to clearly and specifically point out a bunch of issues with a source while maintaining a constructive tone.

This type of comment makes HN the best forum for discussion on the Internet.

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Re:Sales tax creates more unnecessary pain than value added tax by camhart on Friday December 11, 2020 @03:53PM (#25390846)

I agree with this. I wish there was more of it. However it seems to me like this is becoming more and more rare on HN or harder to find by being drowned out.

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Re:Sales tax creates more unnecessary pain than value added tax by joshspankit on Friday December 11, 2020 @04:12PM (#25391051)

From experience: Watch out for “seems” in these cases.

The number of times I’ve heard someone say “_____ is not like it used to be”, or “it’s harder to find ____ in (name community/event/location/etc)” is significant, and even when it’s true short-term, it rarely pans out long-term unless that very thought spreads to enough people that it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Like do what you want it’s your life. I’m just saying what I’ve seen.

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Re:Sales tax creates more unnecessary pain than value added tax by eganist on Friday December 11, 2020 @10:06PM (#25395011)

Would be interesting to automate retrospective analysis across every comment posted on HN and chart language trends over the years.

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Re:Sales tax creates more unnecessary pain than value added tax by jdxcode on Friday December 11, 2020 @06:22PM (#25393032)

people have been saying this ever since I joined HN in 2009

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Re:Sales tax creates more unnecessary pain than value added tax by jaxn on Saturday December 12, 2020 @01:10AM (#25396020)

And throughout those years, HN has remained the most constructive discussion of any slice of the internet I visit.

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Re:Sales tax creates more unnecessary pain than value added tax by simonebrunozzi on Sunday December 13, 2020 @03:30AM (#25405155)

I was going to comment pretty much exactly this. What a beautiful way to have a conversation.

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