John Theune wrote:
12% is not as bad as it gets, I've seen places where it's closer to 20%
when you throw in city, county and state taxes. In the county I live in
to play golf you have to pay sales tax 5% and a 12% entertainment tax to
play at a local muni course and we are not a golf destination.

I'll see your golf tax and raise you....tax on a speeding ticket!

Yup, in Colorado (at least in the Front Range counties), you pay
sales tax when you pay the fine for a speeding ticket.