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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Eric Garcia

GOP congressman says to not ‘buy a boat’ when asked about plan to hike sales tax

AP

The Republican congressman who has proposed replacing the federal income tax with a national sales tax defended his plan by saying if people buy a boat, they would pay taxes and if they didn’t, they would not pay taxes.

Representative Buddy Carter is the lead sponsor of the Fair Tax Act, which would replace the federal income tax with a consumption tax of 30 per cent.

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