Obama suggests value-added tax may be an option

breitbart ^ | 4/21/10 | CHARLES BABINGTON

[Nachum]

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama suggested Wednesday that a new value-added tax on Americans is still on the table, seeming to show more openness to the idea than his aides have expressed in recent days.

Before deciding what revenue options are best for dealing with the deficit and the economy, Obama said in an interview with CNBC, "I want to get a better picture of what our options are."

[matthew fuller]

I just received this in an email today, attributed to an anonymous source in the Czech Republic:

“The danger to America is not Barack Obama but a citizenry capable of entrusting a man like him with the Presidency. It will be far easier to limit and undo the follies of an Obama presidency than to restore the necessary common sense and good judgment to a depraved electorate willing to have such a man for their president."

"The problem is much deeper and far more serious than Mr. Obama, who is a mere symptom of what ails America . Blaming the prince of the fools should not blind anyone to the vast confederacy of fools that made him their prince. The Republic can survive a Barack Obama, who is, after all, merely a fool. It is less likely to survive a multitude of fools such as those who made him their president.”

Sort of hits the nail on the head.

[swarthyguy]

>.a VAT, a monstrosity to administer

That’s what makes it so appealing.

The tax is “hidden” from the consumer, who will only see the state sales tax on the receipt.

The administration, well, employment will have to increased so VAT consultants can identify the discrete points of a process where value is added to a product.

Now, combine with a VAT aka sales tax on services - legal, medical, financial.......

Or like Monty Python, let’s tax thingie.

[Danae]

How about we CUT GOVERNMENT IN HALF AND CUT TAXES BY 75%?

How about we FIRE all of congress and arrest Obummer for the Usurper he is.

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

[Nachum]

yep.

[jwalsh07]

VAT this President Obama.

[glock rocks]

The stupid party had the house, the senate, and the white house. Spending and stupidity went on unabated. Do you really think replacing the left currently in place with the center left of the stupid party will make a difference once a VAT is in place? Hell, the GOP of late will look on this windfall as just another “resource” to be spent. It’s time to stop digging.

Same old same old ain’t gonna fix it this time. Grass roots conservatives might, hence the lamestream’s primary goal of painting the Tea Party as a group of racist redneck militia.

November’s coming. It could make enough of a difference to save the republic. Will it?

[RetiredArmy]

Tax, tax, and more taxes. The party of taxes is in power. If you think you are going to survive with what you started with, think again. Osama the antichrist is going strong. He and his muzzie loving thugs of Chicago, the murdering thugs of Izzlum, they are in charge. Thanks to all those blacks and illegals who voted for this muzzie thug. America is toast. The America we all knew and loved is dying quickly. We are going to rule the day that this SOB got in the WH. He is DETERMINED to destroy America. AND, he is accomplishing it with his thug soviet buddies in Sodom on the Potomac.

[dbrew2u]

The economy will be complete toast. There will be no coming back.

[Churchillspirit]

...and at every stage as the “value” is “added” it means lots and lots of paperwork.

[fujimoh]

I am figuring whatever has a VAT, I can live without it. There are always other ways ...

[Pearls Before Swine]

Raise taxes in a deep recession/depression to balance the budget ..... hmm, where did we see this before? Next they will be talking about tariffs ....

Well, there are trade imbalances. /s

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Seriously, Folks. Did you expect him to NOT do this? ROFLMAO!

Hold on to your butts! ;)

[Doogle]

he’s only saying this now so after November he can say “I’ve always had that as an option”, “AS I’ve said in the past”...or some other line of BS

[Windflier]

“Thank you for the tax cut, Obama!”

“You’re welcome!”

Liar...

[Dr. Eckleburg]

Every single move he makes is wrong.

He's going to go down in history as the worst President ever elected.

Once.

[dr_who]

Keep talking, Barry. America’s listening...and preparing to kick your bunch out come November.

[Evil Slayer]

THE VAT TAX OR How To Make Bricks Out Of Mud and Build Pharaoh's Cities.....

Congratulations! You've been chosen from a select group of slaves to help complete Pharaoh's newest treasure city! Here's what you have to look forward to:

"Down into the never-ending valley of toil and agony, stretching mile after mile, an inferno of mud-soaked bodies, where the treaders' feet churn clay and straw into the mixture for Pharaoh's bricks, and everywhere the lash of watchful taskmasters, ready to sting the backs of the weary.

Blades chopping straw... mattocks chopping clay, a ceaseless cycle of unending drudgery. From the mixing feet of treaders to the pouring hands of brick molders, moves the constant stream of mud, the lowly seed of tall cities. Day after day, year after year, century after century, bondage without rest, toil without reward. These are the children of misery, the afflicted, the hopeless, the oppressed." - The Ten Commandments

[R_Kangel]

This whole thing is just amazing to me!!!!

The United States of America enters a financial crises and when it comes out of it, it looks just like a European Nation! The excuses that we will hear from the media will be "Well it had to be done to save the country!" And somehow the people will buy into the whole takeover and actually feel good about it.

Of course any dissenters will be silenced by the loving new government and it's benevolent dictator.

[angelcindy]

How about the only option is that you resign!!!! Stop with the NWO!!! We are not Europe !!! you’re a puppet being told what to do by the bilderbergs,cfr,and tri laterral comminsion!!

[R0CK3T]

F them!!!

F them ALL!!!

VAT is only the means to the permanent funding of Socialism and Government Control in America!!