The Obama tax?
I was absolutely floored by a customer today.
He had come in to get some pictures printed. As with most customers, he wanted a quick quote of what it would cost him.
“Uh… Thirteen… times…,” as I fussed with the calculator, “$5.07, not including sales tax.” That’s something I always say, just because I’m too lazy to figure out 5% of non-food and 2% of food and add it to the total.
“Ah,” the old man smiled, “that’s the Obama tax.”
Quick on my feet, I defended, “Actually, that’s the Virginia state tax. Been that way for years.” I smiled in hopes that he was joking. He didn’t smile back.
“Pretty soon, there’ll be an Obama tax,” he warned.
Then it struck me– this guy actually believed that Obama could get away with a huge increase in state sales taxes. At this point I imagined Obama in the White House, picking random states and numbers, laughing evilly the whole time.
“A ha ha ha, 10 percent Obama tax for Oklahoma. 1 percent Obama tax for Ohio.”
The concept of an Obama tax is frighteningly hilarious and hilariously frightening.
In this town, I think it’s safe to be a conservative and maybe a conserva-Dem. I want to be neither.