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Ben Cardin: “We do not have a VAT tax system, we have an income tax system, and other countries do.”

On the recordJanuary 18, 2017
We do not have a VAT tax system, we have an income tax system, and other countries do.
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Ben Cardin
Democratic · Maryland

Editor's note · Context

Cardin points out the difference between U.S. tax systems and those of other countries.

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