Well, thank you for that. Do you think we'll ever go to a national sales tax, get rid of this progressive system and go to a national sales tax, consumption tax? Europe is a much poorer country than this country, and the reason is they have a much bigger government in Europe. They will tax you first of all on your income and then on a sales tax, a value added tax. So they hit you twice on income and sales. (18:17–18:24)
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