I don't disagree. My comment has little to do with that. Let's take the fact that sales tax isn't baked into the price in the US, a common criticism of the US.

I don't disagree. My comment has little to do with that. Let's take the fact that sales tax isn't baked into the price in the US, a common criticism of the US. I understand the sales tax is different per state. Not having the sales tax baked in is an annoyance, and I believe almost everybody would agree having it baked in would be an improvement. I don't understand why Americans work backwards to try and explain it away. I've genuinely seen comments such as: "What if the sales tax changes often? Then they have to reprint all the labels" (does this actually happen that often?) "They have to print different labels for each state" (Many stores already print different labels for regional pricing, or use e-ink) "It's not that hard to just compute +X%, just get better at math" (It's not hard but what's wrong with transparency and clarity with the price?) It's that kind of discussion that my comment is referring to.