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VAT is like a sales-tax but along the supply chain (with credits) - so it's like a complicated sales-tax.

If you want to use that for argument, you should include US sales taxes in the calculation too. Which could be fair, I guess.




European VAT is significantly higher than any US sales tax, reaching as high as 25% or more. Also, foreign manufacturers do not get any VAT credits.

Also, every person in the US can import goods to a value of $800 per day without having to pay any duties. In Europe you have much less generous rules, and sometimes the limit is €0.


Are you for these recent tariffs?


I'm not American so I think they can do whatever they want.

And as long as taxes on labour exist, I don't think anybody can complain about other types of taxes. Any negative economic impact that tariffs or any other taxes have are doubly worse from taxes on labour.


America is a massive consumer, so it will likely impact other countries, too.

I've been seeing your perspective a lot lately online - that this will somehow cancel income tax. Where is that coming from? I haven't heard a single thing about that from the administration. Where is the basis?




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