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Value Added Tax

Get Out of Iraq and Afghanistan and Into the Trade War

Sen. Fritz Hollings | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Tariffs, Vat-Tax, Value-Added-Tax, War in Afghanistan, War in Iraq, Trade War, Politics News
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.

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Fifth Column: The Enemy Within the Trade War

Sen. Fritz Hollings | Posted 10.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tariffs, Free Trade, Value-Added-Tax, Barack Obama, Politics News
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.

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It's the Unemployment, Stupid

Robert Kuttner | Posted 10.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Vat, Value-Added-Tax, Economic Recovery, Obama Unemployment, Unemployment, Rahm Emanuel, Politics News
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.

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One Troop

Sen. Fritz Hollings | Posted 11.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Free Trade, Globalization, Value-Added-Tax, Trade Deficit, American Troops, Vat Tax, Politics News
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.

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Politics Like Cancer

Sen. Fritz Hollings | Posted 07.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Value-Added-Tax, National Debt, Trade Deficit, Robert Gibbs, Job Creation, Debt, Subprime Mortgages, Economy, Credit Cards, Politics News
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.

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Does The US Need A New Kind Of Tax?

Fortune.com | Shawn Tully | Posted 01.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Tax System, Taxes, VAT, Finance, Economy, Financial Crisis, Value-Added Tax, Business News

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,...

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