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The only solution to our $40 trillion debt problem is a value-added tax

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The only solution to our $40 trillion debt problem is a value-added tax

As the U.S. national debt reaches $40 trillion, Peter J.

Tanous argues that the massive deficit can only be addressed through a significant revenue-generating measure like a Value-Added Tax rather than through insufficient spending cuts.

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