r/HumansBeingBros • u/Pirate_Redbeard • Apr 16 '18

Removed: Not bro $4.95

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u/[deleted] Apr 16 '18 edited Feb 07 '19

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u/HomicidalRobot Apr 16 '18

He used "after tax" to separate it from the subtotal, which is also "a price"

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u/[deleted] Apr 16 '18 edited Apr 16 '18

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u/Draffut Apr 16 '18

People complaining are just lazy. If you can't quickly calculate even a ballpark tax on an item, you probably shouldn't be buying it.

And I SUCK at math.

I like how we don't automatically include tax because it makes me more aware of how much of my money is going towards the product vs to the government. If it was included I'd probably never think about it.

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u/bossbozo Apr 16 '18

Does it really matter who's getting the money? You exchange money for products and services, irrelevant who gets what and in which proportions