Piling on the sales tax“It’s only a few cents on a ten-dollar purchase!” Sound familiar? While politicians love to minimize the impact of a single sales tax, it’s the total sales tax from multiple jurisdictions that consumers pay at checkout. You pay this total on retail and online sales as well as restaurant and fast food meals. It all adds up on the pocketbook. Total sales tax is currently at all-time highs in Boulder (9.195%), Denver (9.15%) and Longmont (8.865%). Front Range Rail is likely to ask for a new 0.35% district sales tax on a ballot issue this fall. Longmont is proposing a 0.24% increase to...