>X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1998 08:17:46 +0100 >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >From: Keith Hudson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: Demodernizing of Russia (fwd) >Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Mime-Version: 1.0 > >I refer to eva Durant's message regarding added-value tax in Russia: > >>VAT type taxation is even more unfair than the rest, >>as the poor has to pay the same as anybody else. >>otherwise I agree with the above. >> > >VAT is certainly regressive in the UK and would bear down hard on the poor >if it were applied to food (already far too expensive), but this is not the >case in Russia. A very considerable part of food production is in private >plots and is either consumed directly or bartered. > >Keith Hudson >_______________________________________________________________________ > >Keith Hudson,6 Upper Camden Place, Bath BA1 5HX, England >Tel:01225 312622/444881; Fax:01225 447727; E-mail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >________________________________________________________________________ >
