[umanwizard]

> Have Americans become really that dumb?

It’s not a question of being dumb or not, but rather that VAT doesn’t exist in the US so most people don’t understand how it works, if they have even heard of it at all.

Instead of VAT, most states have sales tax, which is similar in spirit but doesn’t work the same way.

[aredox]

There is absolutely nothing, at any step, that takes into account where an item has been produced when the VAT is calculated. You don't need to know anything about VAT to understand at least this very tiny, simple and obvious fact.

But apparently facts don't mean anything anymore in that crazy country there.

[nabla9]

The linked article explains VAT.

Being confidently wrong in the comment section is dumb and arrogant.

[coolgoose]

I mean, I get it to some extent, but there's literally an article linked on this whole thread that we're all commenting, explaining why not...