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"In order to improve the operation of taxation systems in the internal market, the Garcia-Margallo y Marfil report wishes in particular to “support the VAT strategy adopted by the Commission in 2000”. The rapporteur says that he is” convinced” that “the EU must continue to strive towards the definitive VAT system”.
We voted against this report because we do not see why we should spend European taxpayers’ money on training officials so as to impose a uniform tax system that is one of the most inequitable in existence.
In fact, whether rich or poor, consumers pay an identical amount of tax on products they buy – nearly 20% of the price of most products in France. This tax is therefore heavier in relative terms for those with more modest incomes. The predominant role of VAT in the budget income of a country like France, and more generally in Europe, reflects the fact that it is the working class that finances the majority of state expenditure. Only by abolishing indirect taxation can we serve the interests of the majority of the population. State expenditure should by financed by heavy taxation of company profits and by direct income tax based on a single and highly progressive scale weighted chiefly towards higher tax brackets."@en1
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