Lapsed conservative Bruce Bartlett now advocates a value-added tax as “an ideal tax from a conservative point of view.”
This may be the first in a series from Mr. Bartlett, including:
- Ideal cigars from the point of view of someone with emphysema;
- Ideal pollens for allergy victims
- Ideal Twinkies for fat people
- Ideal whiskeys for alcoholics.
Related: Bruce Bartlett: shut up and pay up, you whiny little people
Via the TaxProf
Tags: Bruce Bartlett, TaxProf, Value added tax, VAT





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