TAX MAN: Now you see it …

TAX MAN: Now you see it …

Now you see it, now you don’t. There’s no magic involved here, only taxes. Taxes you can see, and taxes you can’t. The taxes you can see are things like income tax, which gets taken out of your paycheck, and general excise tax, which you can see on your receipt whenever you go to the store. There are also lots of taxes you don’t see. One tax that lawmakers love playing around with is called the barrel tax. It gets paid whenever fossil fuels are …