I don't think they can sell this. But I admit a VAT is better. The retired will scream. LGF
Drudge: GOP to Propose Eliminating IRS
Wow.
A domestic centerpiece of the Bush/GOP agenda for a second Bush term is getting rid of the Internal Revenue Service, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned.
The Speaker of the House will push for replacing the nation’s current tax system with a national sales tax or a value added tax, Hill sources tell DRUDGE.
“People ask me if I’m really calling for the elimination of the IRS, and I say I think that’s a great thing to do for future generations of Americans,” Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert explains in his new book, to be released on Wednesday.
“Pushing reform legislation will be difficult. Change of any sort seldom comes easy. But these changes are critical to our economic vitality and our economic security abroad,” Hastert declares in SPEAKER: LESSONS FROM FORTY YEARS IN COACHING AND POLITICS.
“If you own property, stock, or, say, one hundred acres of farmland and tax time is approaching, you don’t want to make a mistake, so you’re almost obliged to go to a certified public accountant, tax preparer, or tax attorney to help you file a correct return. That costs a lot of money. Now multiply the amount you have to pay by the total number of people who are in the same boat. You can’t. No one can because precise numbers don’t exist. But we can stipulate that we’re talking about a huge amount. Now consider that a flat tax, national sales tax, or VAT would not only eliminate the need to do this, it could also eliminate the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) itself and make the process of paying taxes much easier.”
Kerry Sanitizes His Blog
Been to the Official Kerry-Edwards Blog since the Democratic Convention? Well, I hadn’t either, until Jheka asked a question: didn’t the Kerry blog used to have a link to the lair of serious dementia, Democratic Underground?
Well, yes, it did. But at some point in the last week, the blog was sanitized, and all links to external sites removed.
Don’t believe me? Google’s cache comes through again. Notice that the official Kerry blogroll, in addition to Democratic Underground, also included links to many other seriously ... uh ... progressive blogs.
So why were all these friends of Kerry suddenly shunned? Did someone on the campaign finally bother to read what was being recommended in their name, on their site? Was Flipper ashamed of being associated with these people? |
