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Politics : The Trump Presidency
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To: Lane3 who wrote (4677)1/9/2017 10:39:55 AM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) of 353711
 
That's one of the stronger arguments against changing to a sales/VAT tax in practice (not so much an argument against them in theory, or against them in a totally different situation).

IMO another strong argument against them in practice is that imposing a VAT is unlikely to go along with repealing, or even slashing (esp. in a durable way) the income tax, so you have more taxes with a higher total tax burden if you impose a national VAT.

The 2nd argument is very strong for me, but your argument might be stronger with a larger group of people.
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