On 6/16/2012 7:04 PM, sf wrote:
> On Sat, 16 Jun 2012 18:50:26 -0400, >
> wrote:
>
>>
>> It would be fair to exempt basic stuff as is done now such as food
>> prepared at home, "non-fancy" clothing, medical etc. The side effect is
>> when you had to pay an additional 30% when purchasing something you may
>> actually participate in elections.
>
> So, you're saying countries that have a VAT tax also have a higher
> percentage of qualified voters who participate in general elections?
>

Not at all. VAT is designed to obfuscate the taxes paid by the end user
and to be a bureaucrats dream because of the complexity since everyone
who handles a product in any way must pay taxes and get exchange credits
etc.