So the DCCC Will Run Ads Against Pro-VAT Democrats Too, Right? - Jim Geraghty

So the DCCC Will Run Ads Against Pro-VAT Democrats Too, Right? - Jim Geraghty: "So the DCCC Will Run Ads Against Pro-VAT Democrats Too, Right?

While Obama economic advisers and Congressional Democrats talk up the benefits of a VAT tax — a national sales tax that is implemented at each stage of production, and that would, in all likelihood, be implemented in addition to current income taxes instead of replacing them — the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is hitting Republican congressional candidate Tim Burns for supporting... a national sales tax.

Of course, Burns wants the Fair Tax, implementing the national sales tax to replace income taxes. The Fair Tax defenders argue that it would be revenue-neutral and save everyone enormous amounts of time and energy by not having to fill out pages and pages of tax forms every April. I have my beefs with the concept, and find it ultimately unrealistic, but it's not fair to characterize a revenue-neutral tax change as a tax hike — i.e., 'we can't afford Tim Burns.'

I have my gripes with the Fair Tax, but the DCCC is essentially criticizing Burns for suggesting something that most Democrats support. Their position is essentially that a national sales tax is bad when Republicans talk about it, but good when Democrats do.

UPDATE: Tim Burns is money-bombing today."