Things That Have No Reason to Exist in Our Society But Inexplicably Still Do

Have you ever been somewhere that has taxes included in the listed price? It is delightful. It is glorious. It is so nice to look at the price tag or menu board and know that the number you see there is exactly the number that you will need to pay. It also makes it way easier if you have a limited amount of money and need to make sure you can pay for whatever you’re buying.

And yet, in most places in America, that is not what happens. The business gives you a price, but you have to remember to add money on top of that. But unless you are some kind of genius human calculator, you won’t know how much that is until you get to the cash register. Why can’t we fix this?