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Politics : The Trump Presidency
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To: TimF who wrote (5330)1/9/2017 12:06:50 PM
From: Lane3  Read Replies (2) of 353643
 
so you have more taxes with a higher total tax burden if you impose a national VAT.

The underlying flaw with the VAT is that it's not visible, which makes it easier to increase taxes. A sales tax is at least visible.

That's one of the stronger arguments against changing to a sales/VAT tax in practice

And yet you see in mentioned almost never. You'd think at least AARP would have taken up the issue when talk of a national sales tax ramps up. Surely not all the VAT fans on this thread are not youngsters. I can appreciate voting against interest because some things are important enough to make the sacrifice. But supporting a VAT without giving a second thought to the inherent intergenerational unfairness...

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