Mechanics and Tea Parties: A Taxing Tale

Back in the good ol’ days, our founding fathers tossed tea into the harbor over a humble 1.5% tax. They didn’t have to buy their own musketballs, let alone pay for overpriced wrenches before seeing the first dime! Fast forward to today’s BBQ pit, where the self-employed mechanic is finding out he’s shelling out a hefty 32% tax just for the privilege of keeping the wheels of freedom turning.

Now, I’m no history professor, but it seems to me that if our forebears were up and throwing tea over 1.5%, today’s hardworking patriots might have a thing or two to say about our modern tax code. If only tea wasn’t so much more expensive than it used to be, we might have our own Boston Harbor showdown, complete with the full grill-smoke fury of a suburban Tea Party tailgate!