Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Opposition to value-added tax crosses the political spectrum

Opposition to value-added tax crosses the political spectrum

Can you believe what you're reading here?
'I think we have to remember that low taxes or tax rates are not an end in themselves; they are the means to an end, which is higher growth and greater prosperity,' Bartlett wrote on the blog Capital Gains and Games. 'In this sense, I think right wingers pay far too much attention to the negative economic consequences of taxation while essentially ignoring the negative economic consequences of extremely large deficits.'