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I agree the NRST is much more protective of our freedoms.

I get the impression though that all this discussion about Flat Tax/NRST is bottled up politically.

When Steve Forbes ran in 1996, he at least had the courage to bring the Flat Tax to a national level of debate. Since then I am convinced that any income tax will in time backslide into what we have now.

There appears no national consensus on the subject because of fear of the unknown and fear of prosecution.

It will take a national catastrophe or failure to get the population willing to change the current system. The national failure of social security and medicare is beginning the process that will worsen as the age demographic continues towards a larger average.

If there is one thing with certainty I have observed as an American in my country's politics, that is we always wait to be bombed in either a figurative or literal sense before we act.

I remember in 2002 some of George Bush's people signaling a major change in the tax code through the media. I remember thinking it would probably never happen but if it was raised in debate, it would in President Bush's 2nd term.

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I get the impression though that all this discussion about Flat Tax/NRST is bottled up politically.

I was listening to Neal Boortz the other day. He had John Linder(R)Ga, the sponsor of HR25 on the air. He said the main thing was for people to convince their representatives that this is wanted. They are not focused on this issue as much as the average taxpayer out here. They don't realize, I think, how pervasive is the angry undercurrent with this issue. So the next step is, according to Linder, that we get busy writing our politicians. And letters are better than email for getting their attention.

BTW, Tom Delay is one of 32 cosponsors.