I used to think that when you bought something, the tax couldn't be more than $1 ... I guess it made sense, because nothing I bought was ever much more than a dollar, so the tax was always less.
A childhood belief about money

others believed things like this
- i beleived that when someone bought a new house, they would swap with the person they bought it from— c
- I used to belief that if you bought a car you needed to put it togetter yourself— Bugs
- I used to believe that you could keep a chicken egg (that you bought) warm, and it would hatch!Anon
- I used to believe that commercials would only go away when you bought the product that was being advertised.— Hayabusa
- I thought second-hand smoke was bought off eBayAnon
- I used to believe that comercials are evil beings that would keep appearing until you bought the product.Anon