Re: Sales Tax
>The EU stopped its financial transaction tax, because the Commission's research determined that it would shrink the economy so much that other tax revenues would fall more than the revenue raised by the tax.
I would very much like to see this 'research'.
The EU gave up on the Toibin Tax because they were lobbied to death against it. It's still a viable idea - which would probably benefit us all, if implemented carefully. We're talking about tiny nibbles, out of many, many pots.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
