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Re:The American dream is on life support in the Bay Area by Amezarak on Tuesday December 28, 2021 @07:37PM (#29720211)
VAT is one of those weird mismatches between US and European politics. It would be regarded as very regressive in the US, since sales taxes disproportionately harm the poor.
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Re:The American dream is on life support in the Bay Area by throwaway0a5e on Tuesday December 28, 2021 @08:14PM (#29720506)
It's a lot easier to have regressive taxes when your starting point is this[0]

The US's starting point was revolting over a few percent on a couple random assortments of goods (and a few other affronts).

[0] https://img.ifunny.co/images/bfab53583fcce050029cd61cfea5c6d...

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