Europeans have a more friendly relationship with taxes than Americans. But VAT, despite being regressive, is still required, as today we have very complex busin

Europeans have a more friendly relationship with taxes than Americans. But VAT, despite being regressive, is still required, as today we have very complex businesses and you want to prevent gaming, where corporations optimize for allocating their value into a certain channel that is untaxed. For example, by placing their operations in a separate country with lower taxes and shipping from there. So you need income tax, sales/vat tax, and corporate taxes to prevent any gaps.