[SierraWasp]

"a tremendous new flood of revenue for the fed. government."

Oh baby... Wait till you see the efficiency of revenue stream collection due to the Patriot Act and it's effective improvement of tracking taxable transactions!!!

Tax deferred IRA's, Pensions and Annuities, coupled with Patriot Act information gathering will not only solve any projected deficits, it will further insure tax lawyer and CPA's perpetual employment.

All this in the name of security, to the total minimization of freedom. The electeds and bureaucrats are nymphomaniacs when it comes to revenue streams... They can never get enough!!!

Yes, Mr. Reagan Run-a-seance, you may keep me on your ping list, but you may find it challenging at times. (grin)

[LS]

If here is one thing you should have learned about government revenues, is that they don't need to be efficient to reap huge streams of revenue. Even if they miss 30% of the real "taxable" incomes, they still get loads of dough.