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varjag on Aug 8, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Just the Facts: S&P's $2 Trillion Mistake

It's a lot more in the places you compare against it then, too.

commandar on Aug 8, 2011 [–]

seriously. Most western nations have VATs that dwarf sales tax rates in any part of the US, for example.

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