I agree it is a regressive tax. Re-reading my comment I can understand that it may seem that I don't agree with that. Sorry about that. However, I fail to see

I agree it is a regressive tax. Re-reading my comment I can understand that it may seem that I don't agree with that. Sorry about that. However, I fail to see why regressive taxes are bad in general and why VAT is bad in particular. I was originally interested in the question by someone else before me: > I'd be interested to hear your reasoning for why you think sales tax is so bad.