Although the imposition of a value-added tax (VAT) would violate President Barack Obamas central campaign promise a firm pledge
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1 posted on
08/30/2011 9:32:39 AM PDT by
92nina
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To: 92nina
So, a twofer. They want a VAT to impoverish Americans so they can no loner afford the products made in America, and they want a carbon tax so we all have to move to Mississippi for the winter months.
They are NUTZ.
2 posted on
08/30/2011 9:34:41 AM PDT by
muawiyah
To: 92nina
In Europe they add that into the item so it is not necessarily noticed. However, I am sure here they wouldn’t do that and you would end up with federal, state and VAT on the receipt. Is this going DIRECTLY to the debt?????
To: 92nina
We already have a VAT.
It is called the "corporate income tax."
The federal government is just looking for a new pocket to pick.
4 posted on
08/30/2011 9:39:42 AM PDT by
E. Pluribus Unum
(Palin is coming, and the Tea Party is coming with her.)
To: 92nina
So the new ‘Austen Goolsbee’ (Alan Krueger) is the same old Austen Goolsbee (aka Christina Roamer)?
All academics think the same way? They only have on playbook, and that is the golden rule they will follow no matter what?
6 posted on
08/30/2011 9:40:48 AM PDT by
Sir Napsalot
(Pravda + Useful Idiots = CCCP; JournOList + Useful Idiots = DopeyChangey!)
To: 92nina
...President Obama, who in April 2010 deemed a VAT something that would be novel for the United States,That's true. Never before in America have so many people been so enslaved and so oppressed by their own government. Never before have we lost so much liberty in such a short time.
To: 92nina
What??? How??
I ALREADY have the ‘Obamacare dil&^’ up my hoo ha NOW, how are they going to shove the ‘VAT dil&* up there???
10 posted on
08/30/2011 9:43:34 AM PDT by
SMARTY
(A claim for equality of material position can be met only by a government with totalitarian powers.)
To: 92nina
This is a REALLY bad idea. For those who don't know, a VAT tax is levied at any point in the production process where that process adds value to the final product. Milton Friedman pointed out years ago that, for something as simple as a loaf of bread, there are 67 steps in the production process. Can you imagine the administrative morass this kind of tax will entail, let alone the number of new agencies and bureaucrats that will have to be hired? While this fits in with Obozo's Marxists leanings, it should make the rest of us scream at our representatives in Washington: DON'T YOU DARE PASS SUCH A TAX.
11 posted on
08/30/2011 9:44:32 AM PDT by
econjack
(Some people are dumber than soup.)
To: 92nina
Liberals will not be happy until those of us who work for a living are forced to use our savings and assets to pay for our daily needs...while those who do not work are fat, well-heeled and worry-free because our decline funds that check they receive every week/month/day/hour.
A VAT on top of income taxes, sales taxes, excise taxes, registration fees, property taxes, the forced purchase of health insurance...remember that kid’s game from the 1970s, “Don’t Tip the Waiter”?
12 posted on
08/30/2011 9:45:19 AM PDT by
LostInBayport
(When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving...)
To: 92nina
VAT tax on car sales and home sales will go over really well. </sarcasm>
13 posted on
08/30/2011 9:46:52 AM PDT by
tellw
To: 92nina
A VAT will destroy the country. Or more accurately, destroy it more and faster.
Treason! Treason! Treason!
To: 92nina
Obama: "I want tax hikes!"
Republicans: "Not gonna happen."
Obama: "But I really want tax hikes!"
Republicans: "Not gonna happen."
Obama: "Here's an idea. Something different. Something you're really gonna like -- a stupid tax hike."
Republicans: "We'll check with Boehner."
15 posted on
08/30/2011 9:47:10 AM PDT by
ClearCase_guy
(The USSR spent itself into bankruptcy and collapsed -- and aren't we on the same path now?)
To: 92nina
The tax-Collector right out of Popeye comix...and why not all is fair game in today’s america....
16 posted on
08/30/2011 9:48:13 AM PDT by
gunnyg
("A Constitution changed from Freedom, can never be restored; Liberty, once lost, is lost forever...)
To: 92nina
And the prefolded Weeper of the house will go along with this?
17 posted on
08/30/2011 9:48:16 AM PDT by
Cheetahcat
(Carnival commie side show, started November 4 2008 ,A date that will live in Infamy.)
To: 92nina
A VAT is a great way to clog the arteries of any economy. Just a nice little coat of taxes covering everything. What could go wrong?
18 posted on
08/30/2011 9:49:00 AM PDT by
Steel Wolf
("Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master." - Gaius Sallustius Crispus)
To: 92nina
I’ma put it to you this way, Barry, you sissy.
Put a VAT tax on goods in this country and so help me God I will never buy anything from inside the borders of the USA again.
I’ll leave the country if I have to.
I ain’t payin you one mother ****in cent more, ya feel me?
26 posted on
08/30/2011 10:06:34 AM PDT by
chris37
(representative)
To: 92nina
That would do it. That move would push us over the brink completely.
Soros' and Obambi's ultimate dream would finally be realized.
27 posted on
08/30/2011 10:17:09 AM PDT by
comebacknewt
(Sheesh. Go away and stay away Newt.)
To: 92nina
The problem is not the method of tax COLLECTION. The problem is SPENDING. We have to get that under control first and the first step to accomplishing that goal is to get Obummer and the Dems out of office.
To: 92nina
Why not pass a 5 percent consumption tax to take effect two years from now?
Why not 50% immediately? /s
To: 92nina
The federal government is eyeing the crumbs left on our diminishing plate and wondering why we need to keep so many crumbs. FUBO!
32 posted on
08/30/2011 10:42:37 AM PDT by
OB1kNOb
(When scraping bottom of political barrel, the top layer of scum candidates isn't better than bottom.)
To: 92nina
Would the imposition of a VAT have to be voted on by the congress and or senate???
34 posted on
08/30/2011 10:45:12 AM PDT by
Joe Boucher
((FUBO) an affirmative action mistake)
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