Way off the subject of your greatness, but what does the VAT go for??? Do you have other taxes as well? Property tax, sales tax, etc??? You have universal healthcare and things like that??? I'm paying 33% of my income here in the US for taxes and benefits...$360/month for medical/dental..that's out of my paycheck... The tax on my house and property is $3400/year....plus pay 5.5% on every purchase made...other than drugs and food items. Also taxes on just about every thing else...gasoline, liquor, etc....

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Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together.
All things connect......Chief Seattle, 1854