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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry

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To: ChinuSFO who started this subject8/11/2004 8:55:24 PM
From: CalculatedRiskRead Replies (1) of 81568
 
More evidence Bush is losing his grip:

White House Backs Off Bush Sales Tax Quip
story.news.yahoo.com

WASHINGTON - Administration officials on Wednesday denied that President Bush is considering a national sales tax, a day after the Republican incumbent created a stir by calling such a tax "an interesting idea that we ought to explore seriously."

Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry seized on Bush's comments — made while the president was campaigning in Florida Tuesday — and suggested such a plan would create a new tax on working families.

"Families already squeezed by rising health care costs, gas costs and college costs would have to carry a whole new tax burden," Kerry said in a statement.

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