I was sent this interesting link to The Tax Foundation’s list of certain state taxes, some of them called “sin taxes”. Here’s how Idaho compares to Washington, Oregon, Montana and Washington DC

………………….SALES TAX………GAS TAX (gal)…….CIGARETTE TAX (pack)…….SPIRIT TAX (gal)

Idaho: ……………6% ………………….0.25 …………………..0.57…………………………. 9.24

Washington:….. 6.5% ……………….0.36 …………………..2.025 ………………………19.43

Oregon:……….. none……………….. 0.25 …………………..1.18 ………………………..19.26

Montana:……… none ……………….0.278 ………………….1.70…………………………. 7.56

Wash DC:……… 5.75% ……………..0.20 ……………………1.00 ………………………… 1.50

(Looks like Congress likes its booze!)