From: davef@tsoft-inc.com   
      
   On 4/19/2025 4:33 AM, David Wade wrote:   
   > On 19/04/2025 01:04, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:   
   >> On Fri, 18 Apr 2025 16:21:45 +0100, chrisq wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> The EU countries are even worse, with tariffs imposed + vat, on most   
   >>> non EU sourced product. An organisation designed very much to be   
   >>> protectionist.   
   >>   
   >> Ummm ... wasn’t it your choice to leave the EU?   
   >   
   > VAT is charged o everything, so internal and external product, so no idea why   
   > its seen as a tariff wall. As for "protectionist" yes, just like the USA   
   where   
   > everything has to be in Feet, worse US pints and gallons are the wrong   
   size...   
   >   
   > Dave   
      
   Governments must raise money in some way to provide services.  TANSTAAFL ...   
      
   As for VAT type taxes, I for one think it's not so bad.  If one wants a   
   product,   
   and can afford it and the taxes, then fine.  A tax on consumption is paid by   
   those who can afford it.  It is also considered a taxon the poor.  It is the   
   taxes that ignore one's ability to pay them that I really do not like.   
      
   Prime example, the property tax on one's home.  If I cannot pay such tax, then   
   the government is just fine with kicking me out and selling my home to others.   
      
   Then there is the "joke" of rebates for seniors and such.  First pay the tax,   
   then apply for a rebate of some or all the tax.  If one can pay the tax,   
   perhaps   
   one does not need such a rebate.  But if the tax cannot be paid, no rebate, and   
   homeless.   
      
   We don't like taxes, but we do like roads and services.   
      
   Me, I'm just fine with feet, inches, miles, pints, quarts, gallons, and such.   
   It's what I know.   
      
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