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Can someone explain to me why a buyer is obligated to pay sales tax?

We have to pay for purchasing things??
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SW-User
Do you like paved roads, public schools, cheap electricity, and rule of law?
celine211 · 22-25, F
@SW-User isnt that what tax reduced from my paycheck goes to?
SW-User
@celine211 Both sales tax and the taxes from your paycheck go towards those things.
celine211 · 22-25, F
@SW-User its ridiculous tho i have to pay to be allowed to use the money i have worked for pft 🙄
SW-User
@celine211 You use that money every time you commute to work, charge your phone, have the ability to call 911, and you're also paying for your own education and the education of any children you may have.
celine211 · 22-25, F
@SW-User ughh.those hunter-gatherer times doesn't seem so bad right now