Sales taxes cannot be hidden in the price because it is illegal to do so. Americans have demand to know how much the government is getting from the American people. Every tax must be listed separately and named. I just add 10% to my total bill in my head because 10% is the highest tax I have seen in the US (This was in Chicago). I also make sure I have the money beforehand. It's also important to point out that some states do not tax products at all or they only tax certain items. When I go to the supermarket here in Florida, most of the food I buy is not taxed.
We're the same as the UK with our measurements, we use both. Science and healthcare use almost 100% metric. All packages are labeled in metric and imperial, no exceptions. 32F is 0C and fahrenheit is more accurate for humans because you can feel the difference between the degrees. But Celsius is easier, which is why we use it in science.
The imperial pint (≈ 568 mL) is used in the United Kingdom and Ireland and to a limited extent in Commonwealth nations. In the United States, two kinds of pint are used: a liquid pint (≈ 473 mL) and a less common dry pint (≈ 551 mL). the imperial gallon (imp gal), defined as 4.54609 litres, which is or was used in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and some Caribbean countries; the US liquid gallon (US gal), defined as 231 cubic inches (exactly 3.785411784 L),[1] which is used in the United States and some Latin American and Caribbean countries; and the US dry gallon, defined as 1⁄8 US bushel (exactly 4.40488377086 L).
Not much privacy in the stall is a ridiculous thing to say. If nobody is looking at you, it's functionally no different than having no gap. Wish people would stop fixating on such a small thing. As far as space for a bidet, many houses would have room, but there's plenty of houses, condos and apartments that have quite small bathrooms. Not being able to recalculate the cost with tax is also a dumb thing to say. If you live in the state, you know exactly what the tax percentage is. It's a fairly easy mental calculation and if you still can't, well you've got a phone with a calculator. It's really not hard.
I think it's just the extra step required for a simple task though that's the annoyance. In fairness, we assumed it was just simply state tax and didn't know about local taxes which would confuse matters further if it varies frequently from place to place.
I used to live Boston, Massachusetts and there was 5% sales tax, but you could go up there New Hampshire and it was tax free. I live in New York now, but it’s 8%.
Let's Debunk This Gaps In The Sides of The Toilet Stalls, They Are Highly Exaggerated In Videos, You Cannot Make Eye Contact, You Don't Even Notice a Gap (It's So Unnoticeable) Until Videos Over Exaggerate Them
Americans who live near other states do travel to those states to save money. My friend drove just two miles to cross the state line to save hundreds dollars on large expensive items he needed for his home and job. The state he drove to each month has no sales taxes at all. So most of his shopping was done outside his home state.
Here in Michigan there's no tax on food except for cooked foods. Love From Michigan and it's a beautiful evening ❤ BTW each state has a different tax, just saying.
Wait until you guys get here. Stall gaps in the bathrooms really aren't noticeable if they exist at all. I can only think of a few exceptions to this. Kai has a point. More water & the toilet does stay cleaner. Taxes afterwards allows for state & local tax. Local goes up & down often. It is tax payer revolts that want the taxes separate. It really does work guys. This is why a baby stroller in the US has about 8.5 percent tax here & 20 percent in the UK. Promise you. A few people travel across borders to shop. Fahrenheit is more 'human scale'. 0 is very cold & 100 is very hot. In Celsius 0 is cold but at 100 you would be dead. The only shortcoming in the metric system really. Metric is superior in almost all other ways.
@@AliKaiProject Local taxes are a nightmare & changing all the time. People vote in improvements to a small airport or large entertainment venue & they get a small sales tax increase. Or that gets paid & the tax is taken away. You two as tourist may want to make note of usury fees tacked on to your hotel bill. Some cities are noted for this. Highway robbery of 16.5 percent of your hotel bill is tacked on. Anytime you make reservations this should be noted. So read all the hotel gives you. These fees aren't unheard of in UK & Europe but normally not quite so large. And it isn't always the big touristy spots like New York or Los Angeles. Places like Atlanta or my home of Dallas has done it. Staying out of the hotels close to whatever draws in the tourist will help.
The Taxes in the US are different from state to state... Taxes for a Car in one part of a state could be $2000 and in another City it could be $1000.... In a State like New Hampshire there is No Sales tax so people travel to make Large Purchases to save 1000s of Dollars a Year....
Edit, I wrote this before the video go to the explanation.... funny how it was just as I said. Open transparency in taxation is much better than just having a price label state the cost of an item. How much exactly of that item is just tax if it is always "just included" on the ticket? Nothing gets the US citizens more riled up than not knowing how much the government is taking from us every single time we buy something! How often do you go shopping in Britain and walk away saying, gee those taxes are getting way too high?? You don't likely. Instead I think you complain that the item itself is expensive! Do you really give thought to your government stealing 20-22% of your hard earned money in tax on everything you buy! Taxes also vary from city to city within a state! When you live here, you just know that you are going to have to pay a very small extra amount of 7-8 cents per dollar spent.
You're right, the whole tax system here is a joke, we pay far to much for little to no obvious benefit. A good example is road tax, more often than not our roads are filled with pot holes and poorly maintained - there are exceptions of course. Local taxes in US are something that I've only just learnt about from this comment section and it's mind boggling, although, for the most part it seems that US tax is considerably lower than UK? Ours is currently a blanket 20% on earnings and most items in shops.
I never understand the European fear of American public bathrooms. No one can see you while you are in the stall. Sure people can see your feet, but that's it. The stalls are made that way to make it easier to clean the entire bathroom and to ensure that people cannot do illegal acts while in there. I really wish that people would do some real research into America and Americans before making videos with such misinformation. For every one thing correct in videos there five things that are dead wrong.
Tax is different everywhere it isn't just the state. The tax can include state, city, county tax all added together when you pay for something. An item like alcohol or tobacco might have an additional tax on it. I am pretty sure it would cost a lot of money to change the system to VAT and that is why it hasn't changed. Why does America have to change to VAT why doesn't the UK switch to adding tax after one pay. Afterall the UK always tries to be more American as time goes on. On a totally different issue, why does the UK use the Imperial and the Metric system? Why don't you guys choose one, I really think you should protest and revolt and pick one.
Wow, didn’t know tax was different from city to city, that sounds like it gets confusing fast. Either way, we can all agree that taxes suck and we should all pay less. 😀
@@AliKaiProject it's also item to item. For example in my city taxes on fresh fruits and veg is 1% but package or prepared foods have a 4% tax. And alcohol and tobacco have even higher taxes!
@AliKaiProject Well, that depends. Some states, like Texas and Florida, have sales taxes and property taxes but no taxes on income. These states rely on taxes to provide for their citizens. Keep in mind that the services you need as citizens are provided by the state and local governments. Roads, streets, public education, fresh water and sewer, ambulance, police, and fire are all paid locally or through the state. Alaska is a state where you may wish to live as they don't have an income tax or sales tax. The state pays people to live there with an annual royalty check. Alaska makes its money from payments made from oil production and transportation. Sales taxes and property taxes (just like VAT) are regressive and affect the low income the most. Delaware is a unique outlier as it has no sales tax, its property taxes, and income taxes are minimal. Delaware ranks 2nd in per capita spending for its citizens but finds unique ways to have others pay into the states' general fund. Delaware uses English Chancery laws to govern corporations and is better than any other place on earth for financial anonymity.
We couldn't switch to VAT anyways. Taxes are part of states rights, so each chooses how to tax its residents. It would take something drastic to be able to change it, and people don't agree enough to do so.
Celsius is the effects of temperature on water. O is freezing, 100 is boiling. Fahrenheit is more precise and measures how temperature feels on humans. 32 is freezing, 212 is boiling. However 1 degree in Celsius may have a range of 7 degrees in Fahrenheit. There's a vast difference between 68 degrees and 74 degrees when it comes to being comfortable. But that is one degree in Celsius. Scientific, manufacturing, automotive measurements are in metric, building trades are a mix of metric and American Imperial. The US was one of the original signers for the metric system back when Jefferson was president and France wanted to invent an international standard. When Europe and Canada were converting, president Carter was starting to convert the US. Reagan and his millionaire backers didn't want to spend the money to convert manufacturing in the US, so Reagan scrapped it and used Nationalism to convince Americans to view it with suspicion. Going back to sales tax: Yes, Americans will travel across state lines to purchase items specifically because of sales taxes. Delaware has no sales tax. People from Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York will drive to Delaware to buy expensive items or bulk items to save on sales tax. The Costco, Apple Store, and all of the stores in the Christiana Mall are the number one stores in sales because of Delaware's no sales tax status. Delaware's liquor stores sell more alcohol than surrounding states, so much so, that when alcohol sales per capita is listed, Delaware's million citizens should be dead from alcohol poisoning. So it's not that the same items are sold at different prices across state lines, it's the savings of not paying the sales tax in your home state. An Apple phone sells for well over $1000.00. A person from New York City would pay an additional $140.00 or more in sales tax. Drive 2 hours south to Delaware and that person would be saving the $140.00. New Hampshire in New England and Oregon in the Pacific Northwest share similar stories: people from surrounding states will drive across state lines to save on sales tax.
Keep in mind that fresh food is not subject to sales tax in the majority of states. Paper goods, clothing, processed or prepared foods may be taxed. Some states have no sales taxes at all. Some states reserve the sales tax at the state level. Some states allow local governments and counties to add sales tax on top of the states sales tax. However, the most egregious is New York City at 14%. Compare the US national average of sales tax to be 6%, the UK VAT is 25%. Most states share borders with other states but use the same broadcasting/mass media avenues. For example, the Philadelphia metropolitan area is comprised of the states of New Jersey, Delaware, northeast corner of Maryland, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. A $20.00 women's shirt on sale at Macy's in Pennsylvania and Delaware would be $20.00 at the register. The same shirt in a Macy's in New Jersey would be $21.20 and in Maryland would be $21.00. How do you advertise the different prices in all four states? You can't as it would confusing and cumbersome. Delaware doesn't have sales tax, Pennsylvania doesn't tax items necessary for living (examples would be shorts are not taxed but swimwear is, newspapers are not taxed but magazines are, fresh food is not taxed but prepared food is. In addition, Pennsylvania allows tge county of Philadelphia to add an additional sales tax to any product that is taxed by the state. New Jersey and Maryland have a completely different set of rules as well. There is no stigma on bidets. We weren't exposed to them until covid. You will find bidets in a lot of US homes now. Toilets have a lot of water in them because because it's something we are used to. It's cleaner, and newer toilets control how much water is used depending upon what event occurred. Larger portions were not because of government intervention but because consumers expected more when we go out to eat. The vast majority of US will pack up the left overs and eat it at lunch the next day. The complaint about how large our drinks are doesn't take into consideration the vast volume in the glass is frozen water. There's very little soda in a 16 ounce cup.
The whole tax thing just sounds confusing, it must be awkward on a tight budget though. You guys also offer free refills on most soft drinks which is more of a recent thing over here and most likely why we have less ice as we’d be buying more drinks.
32 degrees Fahrenheit is the freezing point of water.
Sales taxes cannot be hidden in the price because it is illegal to do so. Americans have demand to know how much the government is getting from the American people. Every tax must be listed separately and named.
I just add 10% to my total bill in my head because 10% is the highest tax I have seen in the US (This was in Chicago). I also make sure I have the money beforehand. It's also important to point out that some states do not tax products at all or they only tax certain items. When I go to the supermarket here in Florida, most of the food I buy is not taxed.
In Texas and kansas pays no sales tax on food. We are a Federation. Not a democracy❤
I live in Oregon no sales tax, so we have a lot of people travel here to buy. British changed from standard to metric in 1824
We're the same as the UK with our measurements, we use both. Science and healthcare use almost 100% metric. All packages are labeled in metric and imperial, no exceptions. 32F is 0C and fahrenheit is more accurate for humans because you can feel the difference between the degrees. But Celsius is easier, which is why we use it in science.
The imperial pint (≈ 568 mL) is used in the United Kingdom and Ireland and to a limited extent in Commonwealth nations. In the United States, two kinds of pint are used: a liquid pint (≈ 473 mL) and a less common dry pint (≈ 551 mL).
the imperial gallon (imp gal), defined as 4.54609 litres, which is or was used in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and some Caribbean countries;
the US liquid gallon (US gal), defined as 231 cubic inches (exactly 3.785411784 L),[1] which is used in the United States and some Latin American and Caribbean countries; and
the US dry gallon, defined as 1⁄8 US bushel (exactly 4.40488377086 L).
Not much privacy in the stall is a ridiculous thing to say. If nobody is looking at you, it's functionally no different than having no gap. Wish people would stop fixating on such a small thing.
As far as space for a bidet, many houses would have room, but there's plenty of houses, condos and apartments that have quite small bathrooms.
Not being able to recalculate the cost with tax is also a dumb thing to say. If you live in the state, you know exactly what the tax percentage is. It's a fairly easy mental calculation and if you still can't, well you've got a phone with a calculator. It's really not hard.
I think it's just the extra step required for a simple task though that's the annoyance. In fairness, we assumed it was just simply state tax and didn't know about local taxes which would confuse matters further if it varies frequently from place to place.
I prefer to know how much of a % the tax is rather than hidden in the price. ☝️ Trust no one, especially the government. 😂
I used to live Boston, Massachusetts and there was 5% sales tax, but you could go up there New Hampshire and it was tax free. I live in New York now, but it’s 8%.
Americans do not want taxes added to anything. We do not like taxes like the Europeans do.
I don't think anyone likes taxes to be honest. :)
Let's Debunk This Gaps In The Sides of The Toilet Stalls, They Are Highly Exaggerated In Videos, You Cannot Make Eye Contact, You Don't Even Notice a Gap (It's So Unnoticeable) Until Videos Over Exaggerate Them
That’s good to know! 😅
Americans who live near other states do travel to those states to save money. My friend drove just two miles to cross the state line to save hundreds dollars on large expensive items he needed for his home and job. The state he drove to each month has no sales taxes at all. So most of his shopping was done outside his home state.
Ah that makes a lot of sense, is this technically illegal though? Personally, I would most likely do it too.
O degrees C is 32 degrees F. 100 F is about 38 C. Minus 30 F is - 34 C
Here in Michigan there's no tax on food except for cooked foods. Love From Michigan and it's a beautiful evening ❤ BTW each state has a different tax, just saying.
Wait until you guys get here. Stall gaps in the bathrooms really aren't noticeable if they exist at all. I can only think of a few exceptions to this. Kai has a point. More water & the toilet does stay cleaner. Taxes afterwards allows for state & local tax. Local goes up & down often. It is tax payer revolts that want the taxes separate. It really does work guys. This is why a baby stroller in the US has about 8.5 percent tax here & 20 percent in the UK. Promise you. A few people travel across borders to shop. Fahrenheit is more 'human scale'. 0 is very cold & 100 is very hot. In Celsius 0 is cold but at 100 you would be dead. The only shortcoming in the metric system really. Metric is superior in almost all other ways.
How does the local tax work, does it vary from town to town? I've always assumed that there was only state tax.
@@AliKaiProject Local taxes are a nightmare & changing all the time. People vote in improvements to a small airport or large entertainment venue & they get a small sales tax increase. Or that gets paid & the tax is taken away. You two as tourist may want to make note of usury fees tacked on to your hotel bill. Some cities are noted for this. Highway robbery of 16.5 percent of your hotel bill is tacked on. Anytime you make reservations this should be noted. So read all the hotel gives you. These fees aren't unheard of in UK & Europe but normally not quite so large. And it isn't always the big touristy spots like New York or Los Angeles. Places like Atlanta or my home of Dallas has done it. Staying out of the hotels close to whatever draws in the tourist will help.
The Taxes in the US are different from state to state... Taxes for a Car in one part of a state could be $2000 and in another City it could be $1000.... In a State like New Hampshire there is No Sales tax so people travel to make Large Purchases to save 1000s of Dollars a Year....
Wow, it really differs that much?!
Edit, I wrote this before the video go to the explanation.... funny how it was just as I said.
Open transparency in taxation is much better than just having a price label state the cost of an item. How much exactly of that item is just tax if it is always "just included" on the ticket? Nothing gets the US citizens more riled up than not knowing how much the government is taking from us every single time we buy something! How often do you go shopping in Britain and walk away saying, gee those taxes are getting way too high?? You don't likely. Instead I think you complain that the item itself is expensive! Do you really give thought to your government stealing 20-22% of your hard earned money in tax on everything you buy! Taxes also vary from city to city within a state! When you live here, you just know that you are going to have to pay a very small extra amount of 7-8 cents per dollar spent.
You're right, the whole tax system here is a joke, we pay far to much for little to no obvious benefit. A good example is road tax, more often than not our roads are filled with pot holes and poorly maintained - there are exceptions of course. Local taxes in US are something that I've only just learnt about from this comment section and it's mind boggling, although, for the most part it seems that US tax is considerably lower than UK? Ours is currently a blanket 20% on earnings and most items in shops.
I never understand the European fear of American public bathrooms. No one can see you while you are in the stall. Sure people can see your feet, but that's it. The stalls are made that way to make it easier to clean the entire bathroom and to ensure that people cannot do illegal acts while in there.
I really wish that people would do some real research into America and Americans before making videos with such misinformation. For every one thing correct in videos there five things that are dead wrong.
Our money is metric
Tax is different everywhere it isn't just the state. The tax can include state, city, county tax all added together when you pay for something. An item like alcohol or tobacco might have an additional tax on it. I am pretty sure it would cost a lot of money to change the system to VAT and that is why it hasn't changed. Why does America have to change to VAT why doesn't the UK switch to adding tax after one pay. Afterall the UK always tries to be more American as time goes on. On a totally different issue, why does the UK use the Imperial and the Metric system? Why don't you guys choose one, I really think you should protest and revolt and pick one.
Wow, didn’t know tax was different from city to city, that sounds like it gets confusing fast. Either way, we can all agree that taxes suck and we should all pay less. 😀
@@AliKaiProject it's also item to item. For example in my city taxes on fresh fruits and veg is 1% but package or prepared foods have a 4% tax. And alcohol and tobacco have even higher taxes!
@AliKaiProject Well, that depends. Some states, like Texas and Florida, have sales taxes and property taxes but no taxes on income. These states rely on taxes to provide for their citizens. Keep in mind that the services you need as citizens are provided by the state and local governments. Roads, streets, public education, fresh water and sewer, ambulance, police, and fire are all paid locally or through the state. Alaska is a state where you may wish to live as they don't have an income tax or sales tax. The state pays people to live there with an annual royalty check. Alaska makes its money from payments made from oil production and transportation.
Sales taxes and property taxes (just like VAT) are regressive and affect the low income the most. Delaware is a unique outlier as it has no sales tax, its property taxes, and income taxes are minimal. Delaware ranks 2nd in per capita spending for its citizens but finds unique ways to have others pay into the states' general fund. Delaware uses English Chancery laws to govern corporations and is better than any other place on earth for financial anonymity.
We couldn't switch to VAT anyways. Taxes are part of states rights, so each chooses how to tax its residents. It would take something drastic to be able to change it, and people don't agree enough to do so.
Celsius is the effects of temperature on water. O is freezing, 100 is boiling. Fahrenheit is more precise and measures how temperature feels on humans. 32 is freezing, 212 is boiling. However 1 degree in Celsius may have a range of 7 degrees in Fahrenheit. There's a vast difference between 68 degrees and 74 degrees when it comes to being comfortable. But that is one degree in Celsius.
Scientific, manufacturing, automotive measurements are in metric, building trades are a mix of metric and American Imperial.
The US was one of the original signers for the metric system back when Jefferson was president and France wanted to invent an international standard. When Europe and Canada were converting, president Carter was starting to convert the US. Reagan and his millionaire backers didn't want to spend the money to convert manufacturing in the US, so Reagan scrapped it and used Nationalism to convince Americans to view it with suspicion.
Going back to sales tax: Yes, Americans will travel across state lines to purchase items specifically because of sales taxes. Delaware has no sales tax. People from Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York will drive to Delaware to buy expensive items or bulk items to save on sales tax. The Costco, Apple Store, and all of the stores in the Christiana Mall are the number one stores in sales because of Delaware's no sales tax status. Delaware's liquor stores sell more alcohol than surrounding states, so much so, that when alcohol sales per capita is listed, Delaware's million citizens should be dead from alcohol poisoning.
So it's not that the same items are sold at different prices across state lines, it's the savings of not paying the sales tax in your home state. An Apple phone sells for well over $1000.00. A person from New York City would pay an additional $140.00 or more in sales tax. Drive 2 hours south to Delaware and that person would be saving the $140.00.
New Hampshire in New England and Oregon in the Pacific Northwest share similar stories: people from surrounding states will drive across state lines to save on sales tax.
More precise is incorrect.
Keep in mind that fresh food is not subject to sales tax in the majority of states. Paper goods, clothing, processed or prepared foods may be taxed. Some states have no sales taxes at all. Some states reserve the sales tax at the state level. Some states allow local governments and counties to add sales tax on top of the states sales tax. However, the most egregious is New York City at 14%. Compare the US national average of sales tax to be 6%, the UK VAT is 25%.
Most states share borders with other states but use the same broadcasting/mass media avenues. For example, the Philadelphia metropolitan area is comprised of the states of New Jersey, Delaware, northeast corner of Maryland, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. A $20.00 women's shirt on sale at Macy's in Pennsylvania and Delaware would be $20.00 at the register. The same shirt in a Macy's in New Jersey would be $21.20 and in Maryland would be $21.00. How do you advertise the different prices in all four states? You can't as it would confusing and cumbersome. Delaware doesn't have sales tax, Pennsylvania doesn't tax items necessary for living (examples would be shorts are not taxed but swimwear is, newspapers are not taxed but magazines are, fresh food is not taxed but prepared food is. In addition, Pennsylvania allows tge county of Philadelphia to add an additional sales tax to any product that is taxed by the state. New Jersey and Maryland have a completely different set of rules as well.
There is no stigma on bidets. We weren't exposed to them until covid. You will find bidets in a lot of US homes now.
Toilets have a lot of water in them because because it's something we are used to. It's cleaner, and newer toilets control how much water is used depending upon what event occurred.
Larger portions were not because of government intervention but because consumers expected more when we go out to eat. The vast majority of US will pack up the left overs and eat it at lunch the next day. The complaint about how large our drinks are doesn't take into consideration the vast volume in the glass is frozen water. There's very little soda in a 16 ounce cup.
The whole tax thing just sounds confusing, it must be awkward on a tight budget though. You guys also offer free refills on most soft drinks which is more of a recent thing over here and most likely why we have less ice as we’d be buying more drinks.