Quote:Thanks. I did look it up. At least Fair Tax then had to cook dinner. I also briefly looked up VAT, or value added tax, as this is something I experienced when I lived in Germany. It's also a consumption tax. I'd forgotten about it as I've been back in the States since 2003. The Germans, and I assume all Europeans, get their income taxed and have to pay taxes on what they buy. I don't remember off the top of my head if VAT is a higher rate like 20% or just normal type tax like we already have here. I didn't have time to read everything about it.

 

I know in NC every category of something is taxed at a different rate. Food is taxed a different rate than say paper towels. Alcohol is taxed higher than anything. They tax the crap out of us here. I think if they could they would come into our homes and tax us on the amount of furniture we have. A few months ago I posted about a bill trying to pass that said people could tax us on labor. So when I take my truck in to get the tires rotated and balanced they could charge us for the labor. New tires they would charge and tax us on the cost of the tires then charge and tax us on the labor to install. I don't know what happened to that bill but if it ever passes I'm gonna be a bit perturbed.