Obama demanding a VAT for the USA

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

I wish Obama wanted a VAT.

You like regressive taxation?

No, but as long as we are going to have regressive taxation in this nation, I will support a VAT over a retail sales tax.

We don't have a federal sales tax at this point, and I'd like to keep it that way.

There are 5 states without a sales tax, and all 5 have very small populations so that doesn't mean much. I would rather that the federal government streamline the sales tax, so it is the same in all states and turn it into a VAT, which is preferable to a sales tax if it is kept low like in Canada.

That can't be done because the feds can't force states to repeal their sales taxes. And if all states did that would cause even more issues. A VAT can't work in a country as decentralized as the US.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

I wish Obama wanted a VAT.

You like regressive taxation?

No, but as long as we are going to have regressive taxation in this nation, I will support a VAT over a retail sales tax.

We don't have a federal sales tax at this point, and I'd like to keep it that way.

There are 5 states without a sales tax, and all 5 have very small populations so that doesn't mean much. I would rather that the federal government streamline the sales tax, so it is the same in all states and turn it into a VAT, which is preferable to a sales tax if it is kept low like in Canada.

That can't be done because the feds can't force states to repeal their sales taxes. And if all states did that would cause even more issues. A VAT can't work in a country as decentralized as the US.

I know but it would be the ideal imo. Because of issues like these, I dislike federalism.

Federalism is also why California can legalize marijuana and some states can have gay marriage. Works both ways. If it wasn't for this any serious progress on any issue would be held up by the south.