This is a truly stupid post by DRUDGE. Hastert can wish all he wants, it doesn't mean a damn thing. To say this is a "centerpiece of the Bush/GOP agenda" is idiotic.
Matt, why are you saying this is Bush's centerpeice? Seems to me it's just an excerpt from Hasterts book.
I don't know if it's a centerpiece or not, but I do know that Bush has been hinting at this since before 9/11.
"This is a truly stupid post by DRUDGE. Hastert can wish all he wants, it doesn't mean a damn thing. To say this is a "centerpiece of the Bush/GOP agenda" is idiotic."
-- There were two pieces of info. in Drudge's post:
1. Inside sources tell him that the House GOP and Bush will push for elimination of the IRS.
2. In Rep. Hastert's new book, he states that we should have a NRST or a VAT.
Two different pieces of info.
Hypothetically, Bush has no say on the matter whatsoever.
Congress is specifically granted to pass Bills to raise revenue, not the Executive.
But minor details like that don't seem to matter much anymore.