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DFW

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13. VAT is government heroin

Reply to Fichefinder (Reply #4)

Mon Apr 6, 2026, 05:22 AM

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Once started (it was 10% here in the beginning, now between 19% and 25%), it never stops increasing, and it’s always hidden from the consumers it affects. Low income people are harmed the worst, as they never see it, and have no way around it.

In the USA, each state can levy (or not, if it so chooses, NH, eg)its own sales tax. A national sales tax (VAT) isn’t needed to fill the local needs.

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