[quebecois]

"..they'll squeal and sizzle from Frisco to Boston"

You've got that right, brother. To the libs, the income tax is at the very foundation of all that is just and right in the world. It gives the govt unending streams of money, it allows the libs to punish the evil rich people, it provides endless opportunities for fund-raising (by selling tax clauses to special interests), and it provides govt bureaucrats with power to insert themselves into everyone's private financial affairs.

Bush will abolish the income tax when he pries it from the liberals cold, dead fingers.

[PianoMan]

Bush will abolish the income tax when he pries it from the liberals cold, dead fingers.

I dunno. The liberals have blasted the last two tax cut proposals - in my opinion minor ones - with every ounce of class-warfare rhetoric they've got. And the first one got through, while this one its fate is unclear. If this one goes through though, it certainly marks the end of the effectiveness of that sort of rhetoric. And then what's the biggest obstacle to *real* tax reform? The opposition will be in complete disarray.

[Zack Nguyen]

To the libs, the income tax is at the very foundation of all that is just and right in the world. It gives the govt unending streams of money, it allows the libs to punish the evil rich people, it provides endless opportunities for fund-raising (by selling tax clauses to special interests), and it provides govt bureaucrats with power to insert themselves into everyone's private financial affairs. Bush will abolish the income tax when he pries it from the liberals cold, dead fingers.

You are absolutely correct. If Bush managed to this, he would cement his place in American history. It will take a level of political acumen and political toughness that I am not sure I have seen yet from his Administration domestically.