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It’s your opinion that it’s better. Not everyone agrees. Tariffs are legal under US law to apply. EU also needs to step up their military contributions before Russia bulldozes them.

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I'm far from the only on holding this opinion. 175 out of 193 countries have transitioned to VAT because of the obvious benefits.

Trump shaking more money out of US consumers with new taxes on imported products does nothing to fix the issue. As the article points out, domestically produced and consumed products suffer from the same problem.

And 170 nations can be wrong.

https://www.quora.com/Why-does-the-US-not-have-a-VAT-or-nati...

By that standard 45 out of 50 states are also getting it wrong, since those arguments apply equally to sales tax as VAT.

That makes no sense

I’m sorry, but that is an issue on your end.

You are the one who is failing to explain. Better to work on explaining your arguments and comprehending better.

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