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    "title": "The \"Fair Tax\" is *not* a VAT -- It's a Sales Tax",
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    "created": "2011-10-13 16:05:48 UTC",
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    "html": "<p>I'm getting tired of people talking about <a href=\"http://fairtax.org\">the Fair Tax</a> as if it was a value-added tax (e.g. <a href=\"http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/Columns/2011/10/13/9-9-Nein-The-Herman-Cain-Mutiny.aspx#page1\">here</a>). It's not.  It is a classic sales tax, just like your State sales tax. It is not levied at each part of the production process; it is levied once, at the point of sale, on the end consumer.</p>\n"
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