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Glenn Grothman: “They will tax you first of all on your income and then on a…”

Featuring: Glenn Grothman, Republican | U.S. House of Representatives, Wisconsin, District 6

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Congressman Glenn Grothman Discusses Immigration, IRS Issues, and Religious Freedom on Brandon House Live

Published | Video Starts at 18:24

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. Maybe we should have done differently when we began the income tax in around 2015, 2014. (18:24–18:31)

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Asserts that Europe taxes both income and sales through a value-added tax.

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