Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!houxm!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!renner From: renner@uiucdcs.UUCP (renner ) Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Re: VATs That!!! - (nf) Message-ID: <5795@uiucdcs.UUCP> Date: Wed, 22-Feb-84 03:29:12 EST Article-I.D.: uiucdcs.5795 Posted: Wed Feb 22 03:29:12 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 24-Feb-84 00:29:32 EST Lines: 20 #R:ihuxq:-68500:uiucdcs:29200100:000:817 uiucdcs!renner Feb 22 02:31:00 1984 > /***** uiucdcs:net.politics / hou3c!ka / 10:33 pm Feb 20, 1984 */ > Quite likely not. The VAT is a dead issue at this point, so it's > likely that no one has ever asked the candidates what their position > was. If you really feel that any significant portion of the Democratic > party is going to support a regressive tax, then you haven't been > watching the Democratic party very carefully. On the contrary, the VAT sounds just the sort of thing the Democrats would like. With a little jiggering we could make it look like the seller paid the tax, always a popular illusion. Neither Democrats nor Republicans have any trouble supporting the Social Security "contributions" taken from your paycheck, although SS tax is a perfect example of a regressive tax. Scott Renner {ihnp4,pur-ee}!uiucdcs!renner