Dear Richard;
Your pay the use sales tax reminded me of the battle just two years ago on yacht and airplane sales done out of state to avoid sales taxes. Here's one such story about what went on. The Democrats as usual were the leaders in getting the avoidance sales tax strongly modified.
One of the previous airplane buyers who avoided the sales tax was the Gubernator on the purchase of an airplane - which saved him some $900,000 in sales taxes back in 1990 on the purchase of a $12 million jet..
Ron Getty
SF Libertarian