A bit of context on taxes

A little context on the tax question:

• My friend Ed pays significantly more than I do for a smaller house in Long Island than I do in South Brunswick. My $6,500 is probably less than two thirds of his bill.
• I paid $2.04 for a cup of Starbucks at a supermarket in Virginia yesterday — a cup that would have cost me $1.98 at home. The difference was the sales tax, which came to 19 cents, compared with the 13 cents on the cup in New Jersey.
• Toll roads are the norm down here — it is difficult to find a non-tolled highway.

Take this information and do with it what you will.

Author: hankkalet

Hank Kalet is a poet and freelance journalist. He is the economic needs reporter for NJ Spotlight, teaches journalism at Rutgers University and writing at Middlesex County College and Brookdale Community College. He writes a semi-monthly column for the Progressive Populist. He is a lifelong fan of the New York Mets and New York Knicks, drinks too much coffee and attends as many Bruce Springsteen concerts as his meager finances will allow. He lives in South Brunswick with his wife Annie. View all posts by hankkalet