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A Consumption Tax for Conservatives

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articles/2012/08/22/consumption-taxes/consumption-tax-book-crop_khi4ay

There is an joke about why America doesn't have a consumption tax:

We can’t get a VAT because conservatives think it raises lots of revenue and liberals think it’s regressive; we’ll get a VAT once conservatives realize it’s regressive and liberals realize it raises tons of revenue.

So it is with...

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