Sales tax also puts a larger unavoidable burden on the poor, which I suppose is preferable to some. Then consumer spending among groups who have no room to save

Sales tax also puts a larger unavoidable burden on the poor, which I suppose is preferable to some. Then consumer spending among groups who have no room to save leads to them buying cheaper products, increasing numbers of which are cheap or shoddy alternatives, and in the case of non-food items, cheap imports.