So basicly 15% is what you pay for VAT? OUCH!! I groan at the 5% state tax here and don't think the goons who collect it spend it in any way that the average citizen would approve of. How do those beaurocrats justify their existence? What does the average schmo get for 15% of everything he spends? And that's not even taking income and other taxes into account>

Sorry for the thread hijack, taxes with nebulous benefit get me going.

Oswulf