HIGHEST SALES TAX IN NORTH AMERICA

In preparation of Arizonans for its vote on increasing the state sales tax by a full cent, we went all the way to Canada to find the highest sales tax: 15.5% on Prince Edward Island. Arrgghh. We can be glad we're nowhere near that figure. So how is PEI doing? Well, it's an island so they rather have you trapped. And it's in the North Atlantic so the weather is horrible. There's little reason to go there. PEI has not become the mercantile high spot of northeastern Canada. The 138,000 residents are taxing each other rich. There is one day in summer when the weather is clear. You guess which one. It claims fame (?) for its potatoes, red sand beaches, and the irrepressible Anne of  Green Gables. Photo: Typical PEIer.