i agree on the overall sales tax issue (and in MA a year or two ago there was a ballot issue to eliminate it -- and for some reason beyond me, people voted to k

i agree on the overall sales tax issue (and in MA a year or two ago there was a ballot issue to eliminate it -- and for some reason beyond me, people voted to keep it). but if there's a loophole that lets me pay less, i'm going to take advantage of it and i'm not going to give the guys who closed it a pat on the back.