[Bringbackthedraft]

BFD, Europe has the VAT, isn’t that like a Tarrif? Those who can afford will buy.

[Vigilanteman]

No, VAT, isn’t like a Tarrif. It is much easier to understand if you think about it as a sales tax imposed at every step of production which adds value to the work in process. Thus, the name.

[Ben Ficklin]

Consumption taxes are tariffs, VAT, sales taxes, and property taxes while income tax is a production tax.

The US govt previously did use tariffs but dropped it as they successfully implemented the income tax

And that opened the door for state and local govt to implement sales taxes.

[TBP]

You sound like a liberal: “Oh, people don’t change their behavior because of tax policy.” (Except experience has proven over and over that they do.)

Tariffs are taxes, and you’re now claiming that no harmful effects will occur because of that tax, even though other taxes provably do cause behavior to change. (Why do you think we have “sin” taxes?)