Personally, I believe it is time for the US to contemplate a national value added tax rather than rely so heavily on the income tax.

我个人认为，美国是时候考虑征收全国性的增值税了，而不应过于依赖所得税。

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His main economic initiative aims to simplify an incredibly cumbersome system of state-based sales taxes, laying the groundwork for a national value-added tax.

他主要的经济雄心是简化无比繁琐的以国家为基础的销售税，为建立全国范围内的增值税体系打下基础。

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There is growing interest in Washington in a new national consumption tax, otherwise known as a value-added tax or VAT.

华盛顿对征收一种新的全国性的消费税，也就是广为人知增值税或者简称为VAT，越来越感兴趣了。

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But some state governors worry about losing revenue from the changes, which involve introducing a uniform national value-added tax.

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For example, harmonisation of India's cascading sales taxes by introducing a uniform national value-added tax has repeatedly been postponed.

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He was recently criticised during a televised debate by Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann, who said the sales tax would eventually become a national value-added tax.

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