That was the initial title of this article. (not my title)
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Now that the federal government is doling out billions in stimulus spending and bailouts, and looking for billions more for health care reform,
the prospect of a national sales tax could be gaining some traction.
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The value-added tax, or VAT, as it is called, amounts to a tax-on-everything -- or TOE, for the acronym-inclined. It's a tax on goods that's
applied in pieces throughout the chain of production and distribution and results in an increase in the cost of virtually everything you buy.
Some conservatives have called for something similar -- the so-called Fair Tax -- that would replace the federal income tax system with a national
retail sales tax.
But critics of the VAT say it would almost certainly not be implemented as a replacement for the income tax system -- rather, it would be just another
tax, on top of the income tax, the state sales tax and everything else.
This is more than a consumption tax. Both dems and republicans who are calling for this want it in addition to income taxes. And don't forget that
Obama wants that mandatory 'help the poor in the entire world' tax put on us all .. (I've got no idea what the name of that tax is).
Tax on income. Tax on goods. Tax on services. chatter about tax on the internet.
Tax .. tax. .. tax.... We are slaves to the state. Can it be any more obvious?
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