Drudge is reporting that Bush and the GOP are planning to make the elimination of the IRS (and the income tax) a central plank in thier domestic platform for this election cycle. According to the rumor, Dennis Hastert, the Republican Speaker of the House, is going to push for replacing the income tax with either a national sales tax or a value-added tax. Here's hoping he goes with the National Sales Tax.
You can read all about the National Sales Tax by visiting the Americans for Fair Taxation website. I've been a propponent of this movement for about 4 years. Our current system is broken and has been "tinkered" with for too long without any real headway being made to clean-up all the loopholes. It is time for a complete revamp of our system...that means getting rid of what we currently have and just replacing it with a new system.
If this report is true, the Republicans may actually steal alot of votes away from the Libertarians. I would encourage Libertarians, Constitutionalists, and other conservative minority parties to really consider supporting the Republicans if this is thier goal.
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