No I do not support VAT. But, most Free Traders do...judging by their refusal to go after nations that use VAT to tariff American goods while allowing dumping of foreign goods on America.
I support tariffs on foreign goods to stimulate US manufacturing...and to open up markets to US goods that are blocked by Free Trade rules.
Judging by the way you twisted my words from another post...I can tell you are quite the Mao friendly Free Trader
Funny that, on a thread where higher taxes are proposed, free traders are accused of promoting taxes.
Say what? Mao was a free trader? My understanding of Mao was that he didn't like any kinds of freedom, much less two individuals, from two different countries, buying and selling goods and services of their own free will because they both benefit. Mao was, however, a rabid protectionist. Kind of like the people here who want to empower government to protect us from ourselves. Freedom is so overrated, right?
More than 140 nations utilize the value-added tax system as a means of building government revenue. Do you want us to go after the rest of the world?
I support tariffs on foreign goods to stimulate US manufacturing...and to open up markets to US goods that are blocked by Free Trade rules.
I got that. But you don't open other markets if you raise tariffs on foreign goods. Reciprocity is the way most trade agreeements work. They will put tariffs on our exports.
Judging by the way you twisted my words from another post...I can tell you are quite the Mao friendly Free Trader
If providing facts, makes me a "Nao friendly Free Trader," so be it. Our problems are self-inflicted. We have made ourselves non-competitive by overtaxing and over-regulating our businesses. We have made the playing field uneven by shooting ourselves in the foot. Raising taxes on imported goods will just make it worse, not better.