Value Added Tax

Get Out of Iraq and Afghanistan and Into the Trade War

Sen. Fritz Hollings | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics


Sen. Fritz Hollings

The political luxury of being against government has got to stop. Government, not productivity, is the comparative advantage in the Trade War.

Fifth Column: The Enemy Within the Trade War

Sen. Fritz Hollings | Posted 10.16.2009 | Politics


Sen. Fritz Hollings

The financial and business leadership that I worked with for years to protect their U. S. investments, production, and jobs, have now joined the other side in the trade war.

It's the Unemployment, Stupid

Robert Kuttner | Posted 10.05.2009 | Politics


Robert Kuttner

If unemployment keep rising, the GOP is primed to pick up dozens of seats in the House, crippling the Obama administration's capacity to recoup in a second term.

One Troop

Sen. Fritz Hollings | Posted 11.25.2009 | Politics


Sen. Fritz Hollings

For now, we can solve the problems of our fiscal and trade deficits by eliminating the corporate income tax and replacing it with a 3% value added tax. This actually cuts taxes and raises more revenue.

Politics Like Cancer

Sen. Fritz Hollings | Posted 07.19.2009 | Politics


Sen. Fritz Hollings

Politics is like cancer -- if you don't catch it in time, you don't have a chance. If the budget deficits and deficits in jobs from offshoring are not caught now, by 2012 we'll give it back to the Republicans.

Does The US Need A New Kind Of Tax?

Fortune.com | Shawn Tully | Posted 01.02.2009 | Business


It's called a value-added tax, or VAT, and it's been used for decades to pay the bills and sustain the immense growth of governments around the world,...