Originally Posted by Dovster

I hate taxation. I don't care if it is me being taxed or somebody else. I know it is necessary but that doesn't stop me from hating it.

A few years ago, I drove from France to Italy, crossing through Switzerland. Usually the woman selling the autostrada stickers actually puts it on your windshield. This time, she just handed it to me.

After I drove through Switzerland I went into the exchange area on the Italian side of the border to change some money. I heard a couple of Americans talking and asked them which way they were going -- they told me into Switzerland. I was very happy to hand them the blasted sticker so they wouldn't have to pay that 40 francs.