Sales Tax
(n) Money pick-pocketed by the government.
Example:
Fred: Why is it that every time I visit the store, I feel like my pocket gets picked?
Wilma: That's the sales tax, dear. The government can do it legally. But if a pickpocket does it, he goes to prison.
Fred: Why is it that every time I visit the store, I feel like my pocket gets picked?
Wilma: That's the sales tax, dear. The government can do it legally. But if a pickpocket does it, he goes to prison.