FoodBanter.com - View Single Post

In article t>,
says...
> In article >,
> says...
> >kilikini wrote:
> >> In Hawaii, we don't have a sales tax; we have a General Excise Tax,
> >> which is 4.1666666666666666666666666666666%. Our items get taxed
> >> every step of the way. From when it comes air/boat to the supplier,
> >> to the wholesaler, to the retailer. What would have normally cost
> >> $2.00 ends up in the consumer's hand at almost twice that amount.
> >> Technically it's NOT legal (double taxation laws), but who's going to
> >> argue when you need a loaf of bread or a tank of gas?
> >
> >Isn't this almost exactly what the colonies bitched about to England
> >before the revolution?
> >
> >
> Yes, it actually still exists in England. Called a Value Added Tax.

There has been much discussion of a VAT here in the U.S. also.