They've been truly westernized, or is our politicians have taken to old KGB agitation?
Putin signed a bill into law that will zero out the planned increase of the VAT for this year only. The VAT is still in place.
It's like Republicans claiming to reduced the federal outlays, when they've really reduced the percent increase in the future years INCREASE in federal outlays.
Well, that's a hell of a difference than the implication of the article.
Putin has been cutting and abolishing taxes left and right and each time Russia's economy grows more, our 'rebublican' congress could learn a thing or too from it.