A
tax added to an item to raise
government revenue from every stage of production, cradle to grave. Referred to as a VAT tax. It was an idea proposed in 1918 and implemented in
France in 1954.
The Govt wants to add a Value Added Tax, or VAT because they keep spending
money and can't manage their
money, as sales tax, income tax, and death taxes aren't enough. They need to keep raising money to support the middle and low income folk who in turn can't manage their money, so they
will keep taking from them to help support them. An alternate solution is to prevent fraud in govt social programs and let people spend their own money.