Suddenly things look much worse

I ran across this little gem as I was running out the door today. My heart sank. I can tell you as a (small scale) manufacturer and reseller, there is NO possible way I can survive a VAT tax in my business. Something like that will either completely put me out of business or drastically (and negatively) affect my business.

"Like it or not, there's only one way we're going to be able to pay for our ballooning deficit: a value-added tax."

Just one more reason for me to be against ALL bailouts. In every form. Every. Form. Uhg!