Bartlett has his head where the sun don't shine on this one. VAT is Euro-weasel Socialist-crat crp.A flat tax is a consumption tax, as is a VAT and a NRST.
Keep it simple. Flat or consumption.
Moron.
You're right about VAT and NRSt being consumption taxes. It's just that VAT isn't simple. I lived in Europe for several years and had to deal with that nightmare of a VAT they had.
Flat tax, in the sense I meant it, would signify a tax on income and that's the way I think it is thought of here with general discussions about taxes.
A flat tax is still a tax on incomes, and therefore still
requires every american to file income tax returns.
And a flat tax is paid on income that is never spent, such as put into savings. Therefore, only my the most unbelievably reaching arguments can you claim a flat tax is a tax on consumption.