re national sales tax the movie in article apr midway uchicago edu shou quads uchicago edu roger colin shouse writes speaking of vat did anyone see cnn s report yesterday it was quite hillarious no pun intended they ran down how a percent tax was added at each stage of manufacturing graphicaly depicting a stack of quarters being added at each wholesale stage when they got to the final stage the actual retail sale the small stack of quarters added to the large stack already there was said to be the amount paid by consumers in other words they completed ignored the fact that at each stage the tax would of course be passed on to the next buyer with the retail consumer paying the full load these are not journalists they re lap dogs one of the commentators on one of the big three news programs described the vat which ain t a sales tax as a tax government s love i was even surprised he got the reason right it effectively hides the majority of the tax the consumer has to pay from the consumer it s kind of like they do with cars you pay far more for automobile taxes than most people realize because it s contained in two dozen different taxes everything from your license to your tires to your gasoline david veal univ of tenn div of cont education info services group pa utkvm utk edu i still remember the way you laughed the day your pushed me down the elevator shaft i m beginning to think you don t love me anymore weird al
