It's called a "value added tax", or VAT. Common in the EU and other places.
Dan On May 5, 2013, at 7:42 PM, Larry T wrote: > Yep. I'm all for a national sales tax but only *_IF _*the 16th amendment is > repealed. If not, sure as i love my MB, we'd soon be taxed both with a sales > and income tax. I can hear it now, "We need to do it for the children." > or just as likely "We need to pass this bill to find out what's in it." Give > me a break..... puulease. > > one more thing on taxes and I'll stop - Everyone uses the infrastructure. > Everyone enjoys the protection of the military. with those 2 things in mind, > everyone should share in the expense - which I believe a National Sales Tax > or Flat tax would do - no deductions, etc. While the real estate PAC's (as > well as others) will wring their hands and say people will no longer be able > to afford homes, but imo the pacs would better use their time to educate > prospective buyers by telling them they'll be paying less overall taxes so > they'll be better to afford higher payments. Along with repealing the 16th > Amendment, the states should follow suit and repeal all taxes except for a > statewide sales tax - no more Personal Property tax, real estate tax, auto > tax, gas tax, tolls, etc. -- there are so many embedded taxes we cannot > possible keep them all straight. The tax situation in this country (and > others too I am sure) is so muddled as to be completely impossible to > decipher. > > > LarryT > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
