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Politics : GOPwinger Lies/Distortions/Omissions/Perversions of Truth

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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (18343)8/12/2004 10:19:22 AM
From: Shawn M. Downey  Read Replies (1) of 173976
 
White House backs off Bush sales tax quip (from Salon.com)

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By Tom Raum

Aug. 11, 2004 | 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.
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