A kid's lesson on sales taxes is hard to forget
When I was growing up in the Ozarks over yonder, my favorite hometown still had a dime store, a movie theater, a department store, a general store, a couple of chain hardware stores in addition to the home-grown Luna Hardware, two drug stores, a bank, a men's clothing store, a women's clothing store, a railroad station, several restaurants, a newspaper, two hotels and a motel, a drive-in movie theater, two funeral homes, several grocery stores, a florist, a couple of drive-ins serving malted milkshakes, lots of filling stations, schools, churches, some taverns, a liquor store, a library, three automobile dealerships, several barber shops and beauty parlors, a shoe factory, a shirt factory, some sawmills, feed stores and at least three doctors' offices.