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http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/04/22/obama-expresses-openness-new-value-added-tax/>
>In some ways a VAT is actually a step in the right direction,
as long as it replaces one or more existing tax(es) and isn't simply an additional tax:
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Yeah, that's gonna happen <bg>
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