[kaktuskid]

A nat'l sales tax is paid ONCE (at retail), VATs are paid throughout the manufacture-distribution-sales cycle!

[gipper81]

From a macro perspective, the consumer gets hit in the end regardless how how it is technically administered. I am tired of getting hit.

My point about sales taxes and VATs is that they always go up over time. Always. Started out low in Europe and climbed and climbed. Politicians love these taxes because they are so very close to the revenue faucet.