From: utzoo!decvax!decwrl!sun!megatest!fortune!norskog Newsgroups: net.taxes Title: Re: A reasonable tax . . . - (nf) Article-I.D.: fortune.951 Posted: Sat May 7 20:04:28 1983 Received: Tue May 10 00:45:56 1983 #R:houti:-26300:fortune:15800001:000:433 fortune!norskog May 7 19:33:00 1983 VAT sucks! Why? (he said rhetorically?) Well, it means you have to lots & lots & lots of VAT inspectors, to validate the actual value that you add. I, for one, can't trust the IRS with this kind of power. VAT requries an amount of government intervention beside which the income tax pales. Lance Norskog Fortune Systems megatest!fortune!norskog hpda!fortune!norskog harpo!... sri-unix!... amd70!...