Do you think these two guys are going to do all the work themselves? They will hire the kind of people you recommend. Then Mack and Breaux will work to get the support.
You mis-understood me. These career politicians will not do the independent and rigorous research you need to do. Again, the politics should be between flat-tax or consumption tax if Bush is sincere about tax-reform. With career politicians it will be more about politics than tax-reform. I would put Bill Archer, Bill Tauzin, Dick Armey, Herman Cain, Jack Kemp - politicians who are at the fore-front of tax-reform. I don't think John Breaux ever uttered those two words, and probably neither did Connie Mack. Politicians who are serious about tax-reform should have been put in charge. I can guarantee you that if Kerry won and if he wanted to do tax-reform, then Paul Krugman will be in charge.