While thinking about whether or not to buy an iPad today, I realised that I wasn’t just thinking about whether or not to buy, but also where to buy.
The question that came to my head was, “since I will be traveling to Virginia, Washington DC and Florida, where will be the cheapest place to buy one, if I decided to go ahead and buy?”.
Prices here vary because different states have different rates for sales tax. That is one benefit of fiscal decentralisation – states can compete to attract consumers.
Malaysian states should demand this right in the debate about GST.
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