re national sales tax the movie in article aa inet gw pa dec com blh uiboise idbsu edu broward l horne writes well it seems the national sales tax has gotten its very own cnn news logo cool that means we ll be seeing it often man i sure am glad that i quit working or taking this seriously in if i kept busting my ass watching time go by being frustrated i d be pretty damn mad by now i just wish i had the e mail address of total gumby who was saying that clinton didn t propose a nst actually jerry brown essentially did and clinton in his demagogue persona condemned brown for it in the crucial ny primary last year however why don t the republicans get their act together and say they will support a broad based vat that would have to be visible the vat in canada is visible unlike the invisible vats they have in europe and suggest a rate sufficient to halve income and corporate and capital gains tax rates and at a rate sufficient to give the clintons enough revenue for their health care reform and force an agreement with the democrats that the top income tax rate would then be frozen for the forseeable future and could be increased only via a national referendum why not make use of the clintons to do something worthwhile shift the tax burden from investment to consumption and get health care reform and a frozen low top marginal tax rate all in one fell swoop gerald
