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I heard a serious business person talk about tariffs being an essential revenue source for the US to support income tax cuts and continued spending.
A better solution would be a #valueaddedtax value added sales tax. A VAT is more broad based, more equitable, cheaper to manage and easier to enforce than tariffs.
For the progressives out there, it's easy to send refund checks to low income citizens to compensate the VAT. It's really a win-win-win.
China’s Tax Revenue Declines as Its Leaders Brace for Trump’s Tariffs
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Canada
16 February 2025
Donald J. Trump, President
White House
Washington, D.C.
USA
Dear sir,
Please find attached copies of media reports relating to tariffs and Value-Added Tax (VAT) systems seen today.
I felt that you should be aware that some asshole is signing your name to stupid press releases.
Very truly yours,
Canada
cc: E.U.
#ClevelandBrowns #Canada #USA #Trump #asshole #stupid #tariff #tariffs #VAT #ValueAddedTax #GST #EU #EuropeanUnion #legal #lawyer #UK #UnitedKingdom
#MachineMart has ex-VAT prices on all of its stickers, with inc-VAT underneath.
I haven't fact checked it firsthand myself, but I saw someone point out last week that the party that has consistently been the one to raise V.A.T. over the past 45 years is the Conservative and Unionist Party, and it was only ever lowered under a Labour and Coöperative Party government.
#UKPolitics #Tory #UKGeneralElection #ValueAddedTax #economics
Buried in the comments section, beneath an enormous argument about Brexit caused by a nitwit and the obligatory how many beans make five, there's an interesting comment about how Greggs's business model is predicated upon a loophole in VAT.
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