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Originally Posted by J. Strnad
Basically, the government is looking for a way to raise revenue, so it does what governments do best, it taxes something, makes up a rationale for taxing that particular thing, and if the public doesn't rebel, the tax goes through. It starts low and gets higher (funny how rarely it goes the other way).
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You have a rather short memory. We've just had a year in which VAT was reduced from 17.5% to 15%.