right... the mortgage to pay for my house, constructed and made with materials that were once sold, and had VAT collected. either way, that is not the case for

right... the mortgage to pay for my house, constructed and made with materials that were once sold, and had VAT collected. either way, that is not the case for the majority of my income. and dont get me started on when I go to purchase gasoline here in europe, not only am i first hit with 50% income tax, then a cool >20% sales tax, and then the outrageous taxes on the gasoline itself and the related industries. so I buy €100 worth of product, and more than 95 of them go to the government. Thanks! you sure did 95% of the work for me there (not)