> “Is It Time for a VAT in the U.S.?”
No. And just so people know in case the discussion goes there, the FairTax is NOT a VAT.
YES!! YES!! Ted Cruz has a stealth VAT in his tax plan! Go Cruz!
only if the income tax is completely repealed first. Otherwise we would just end up with both.
What good is a poll behind a pay wall?
Behind the WSJ Pay Wall.
Sure we need it. We’re not taxed enough. In fact we need a tax on sales tax (that was sarc). But in Washington state there is that, a tax on a tax at the fuel pump.
Instead of dreaming up more ways of extracting money, they should stop spending it.
Never ever confuse tax methods with how much tax is taken.
Anyone who's read up on how a VAT works knows the hideous complexity of setting up such a tax system. Someone should ask Canadians how complex VAT's are at the national and province level.
Could you imagine how many employees the IRS would hire to administer a VAT?
There might not be enough attorneys and accountants in the whole country
Most other developed countries wish they could be like America, too, but they are weighed down under Socialist governments.
America is a model to be emulated, but Libs want to drag her down by making her like "other developed countries".
Other developed countries have nationalized health care.
Other developed countries have strict gun control.
Other developed countries this.
Other developed countries that.
Sick of it!
No No No No No.......in Britain the VAT is up to around an extra 20% on everything. That is one reason the European countries are so much poorer than the USA.
Geez anything to avoid doing the inevitable and that is to tariff imports. Good gash we’ll try anything first until we get back to the way the founders rightly set up taxation.
VAT is the most destructive form of indirect hidden taxation and a leftist dream tax. NO Conservative/Libertarian/sane taxpayer should ever consider a VAT tax.
It is not just a NO, it is a @#$^@^@#$^@%^ NO!
But of course. Sales taxes are bad because people can see how much government is costing them. Invisible taxes! That’s the ticket!
Only if it means scrapping the income tax. NO WAY for both.
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“developed nations “
The phrase of “progressives”, as in, “Communism has never been tried they way we want to try it so it is new and therefore progressive, and any nation following our ignorantly childish advice is therefore a developing nation.”
The Federal government doesn’t need or deserve a dime.
These SOBs in the Federal government should all be in prison or hanging from the gallows, after they receive their due process.
Good. It can be one option to talk about AFTER we repeal the 16th Amendment and close the IRS.