Reply #137: Never

[DFW]

I spend most of the year in Europe where the value-added tax is in place in most countries. It is like a drug for governments, ever increasing, and ever more wasted. It hits the poorest hardest, as they are the ones who can least afford it, plus it zaps everyone at each stage of production.

Increase the income taxes of the wealthiest, especially in a country like the USA, where there are a LOT of wealthy individuals. They can afford it. People with lower incomes cannot afford the cost of living increase that a VAT would bring. I've seen the VAT in action in many countries. The money does NOT go toward health care. Don't even consider it.