Yup, Louisianna has the highest combined state and local sales tax rates on average of ~10% which is no where near the VAT standard which seems to be around 20%

Yup, Louisianna has the highest combined state and local sales tax rates on average of ~10% which is no where near the VAT standard which seems to be around 20% for most of Europe? https://taxfoundation.org/data/all/state/sales-tax-rates/ https://taxfoundation.org/data/all/state/sales-tax-rates/