[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1245 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1245

  Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Value 
Added Tax is a massive tax increase that will cripple families on fixed 
     income and only further push back America's economic recovery.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 13, 2010

 Mr. Tiahrt submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
                    the Committee on Ways and Means

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Value 
Added Tax is a massive tax increase that will cripple families on fixed 
     income and only further push back America's economic recovery.

Whereas a Value Added Tax (VAT) is a sales tax imposed on each stage of 
        production, on each firm's value added;
Whereas a VAT is not a national sales tax (NST), a NST is a Federal consumption 
        tax collected only at the retail level by vendors;
Whereas a VAT is a tax on the transfer of goods and services at every stage of 
        production;
Whereas a VAT is ultimately hidden from the end user;
Whereas the VAT unfairly targets low and middle income wage earners by assessing 
        value on every production activity and passing the cost on to the 
        consumer;
Whereas Americans have already been subject to one of the highest tax increases 
        in our Nation's history as part of recently passed health care reform;
Whereas the VAT has been widely adopted by European nations and is routinely 
        cited as encouraging public spending at the cost of private job 
        creation;
Whereas Denmark enacted a 9 percent VAT in 1962;
Whereas Denmark's VAT has surged to 25 percent in 2010;
Whereas like Denmark, as the government's thirst for revenue increases, the VAT 
        will be used to quench its thirst;
Whereas the solution to America's worsening government fiscal outlook is not to 
        increase taxes;
Whereas the solution to America's economic situation is to cut spending; and
Whereas Congress could get America's economy back on track by focusing on tax 
        relief and simplification, liability reform, regulatory reform, health 
        care security, and energy independence: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives considers the Value 
Added Tax a massive tax increase that will cripple families on fixed 
income and only further push back America's economic recovery.
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