I am embarrassed by US sales tax treatment of tourists
What happened to "No taxation without representation"?
What happened to "No taxation without representation"?
What happened to "No taxation without representation"?
Not the best analogy, since foreign visitors are ordinarily not entitled to much say in the internal affairs of their host countries and can pick freely from all available tax regimes to purchase their goods from, but a good piece of rhetoric. You might consider bringing it up with your elected representatives. I rather suspect that they will be unsympathetic, as the Californian electorate routinely signals that they would rather pay salaries/health care/pensions for state workers than lower taxes on people who don't reside in California. (I managed to pay approximately $1,500 in taxes to California last year just with a business trip -- yay hotel tax.)