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Yang 2020

redqueen

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1. Sadly, Alex Leff seems to be stuck, as so many are, on the issue of VAT being regressive.

Reply to Sherman A1 (Original post)

Wed Oct 23, 2019, 02:09 PM

Oct 2019

I wish he'd pay attention to the way that factor is mitigated when it's used to fund a UBI.

This makes all the difference in the world.

A VAT is how many of the European countries whose social safety nets we have been admiring for years actually fund the things.

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Sadly, Alex Leff seems to be stuck, as so many are, on the issue of VAT being regressive. redqueen Oct 2019 #1

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