"There are a whole slew of charges for local taxes, national taxes and gross-receipt taxes. On the one hand, that breakdown of taxes gives consumers more information about what the government assessments are costing a business... [But] why should certain taxes be separated and not considered a basic cost of business? And these same companies don't break down how much it's costing to fund a chief executive's compensation package, or how much they are paying for political lobbying. Companies are selectively picking what items to segment."

In other news: because I'm so freaking pretentious, and because I know so many people read my 'blog, I spent the whopping $20 for likeyoureallycare.com. Unfortunately you have to put up with Register.com's banner down there at the bottom, but it's a lot easier to remember than www.defianttheatre.org/company/guthrie, that's for freaking sure.