Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-12-16-Speech-2-312"
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"en.20031216.3.2-312"2
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"The report deals with the procedure for adopting derogations concerning the creation of a common system of value added tax.
If the European institutions were concerned about the interests of the majority of the public then they would standardise VAT by proposing to abolish it, which would simplify the procedure at the same time.
Of course, though, the European institutions, like the individual States, chiefly want to exempt private companies and the privileged social classes from the tax burden by making the public, including the poorest people, bear the bulk of it. Indirect taxation, in particular VAT, serves to do this. It is especially unfair because, since it is not proportional to income, then it hits the poor harder than the rich.
We obviously voted against the report."@en1
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