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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And lower the rate to 5% . However this means you’ll be paying 5% on your lawyer, Doctor and day care bills , probably private school tuition too[/quote]

Sanders and Warren forgot to told you this, but Europeans do pay 25% VAT on services too, not just on goods.

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Yes, and they get free healthcare and lower college costs.  IMO, we balk at high sales tax rates for goods AND services because we are not used to it.   If we do implement such a high tax, most people, of course will balk at it, but eventually, people would get used to it. I'm not saying I approve of high taxes, just that in the US we are not used to high sales tax, whereas in Europe they are.

The VAT is included in the sale price of the good/service, so you know EXACTLY what you are paying up front, not like here where you have to calculate the sales tax on your own to figure out the total price if you want to know the actual price before you get to the register. [/quote]

They do get much and better stuff, paid by the middle class via VAT. Not by some marvellous billionaires.

You're wrong on the other point -- sometimes VAT is included in the price, sometimes it's not. You always need to ask.[/quote]

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