" "You know, I'm not exactly sure how big the national sales tax is going to have to be, but it's the kind of interesting idea that we ought to explore seriously."
-- WooHoo! NRSTers, we've crossed the tipping point for FairTax support: Hastert, DeLay, Cheney (he said it was a good idea a year or two ago), and now maybe Bush. 4/5ths of GOP leadership is now on board.
Paging Dr. Frist....
Good memory. That's how my scorecard reads as well...
"NRSTers, we've crossed the tipping point for FairTax support: Hastert, DeLay, Cheney (he said it was a good idea a year or two ago), and now maybe Bush. 4/5ths of GOP leadership is now on board."
You can add Sen. Orrin Hatch to that list. He was quoted in an article as saying that he was going to get rid of this abominable code or die trying and that an NRST was the best alternative. I'll post the article separately.