[xcamel]

Sorry, scamal, the VAT taxes were not (and still aren't) at all like a true tax on end consumption such as the FairTax. They are quite different and almost all of them also have other big taxes hooked on.

Read #276 again, and reply when your brain is actually turned on.

[pigdog]

Read #279 again, and reply when your brain is actually turned on.

None of the VAT taxes in the Euro countries started out as anything like a true consumption tax applied at the end consumer level - as is the FairTax.

... and they all have additional taxes and massive corrpution as well.