[campbellcj]

Juan, a national consumption tax and flattened income tax make a lot of sense to me too. Honestly, given our national debt situation, which has very little to do with GWB or any other single regime, I am not even totally opposed to a -slight- increase in tax burden; however, right now I have no real clue where all the money goes! So I sure as hell am not going to offer up any more.

What this nation needs, more than anything, is full disclosure! The looney tunes accounting schemes going on with social security, medicare, etc. are being used to mask the fundamental problem of our massive national debt and habitual overspending. Again, IMHO this has little to do with GWB in particular as it has been going on for many years!

Last time I checked, the national debt burden was up to $50,000 for every working adult in the US. To clear that debt over 5 years would be around $1000 a MONTH for every one of us. No wonder it is never mentioned in the debates or popular media. Try telling Joe Nascar that he needs to catch up on $2K/month in back bills for him and the wife due to gub'mint past overspending.