He's expressed "interest" in a National Sales Tax because the wealthy will have FAR more untaxed income after consuming that the average working man or woman.
John Kerry said "Every day will be like April 15th. Every trip to the supermarket will be like a trip to H&R Block." This was during the election. Bush denied his interest. Bush got re-selected and became interested again.
Dennis Hastert is a major supporter of a National Sales Tax, and said so in his book. He promoted the proposal's author, Rep. John Linder, to the House Ways & Means Committee so that he would be in a more favorable position to make this happen.
MAKE NO MISTAKE...When George W. Bush says he wants to "simplify the tax code so people can understand it, and so it helps achieve some objectives, which is fairness, simplicity, easy to understand," it is BUSH-SPEAK for a National Sales Tax.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/06/20050622.htmlCalvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant
Lusby, Maryland
For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
June 22, 2005
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/06/20050622.html"Secondly, we need to do something about the tax code itself. It's complicated, it's really thick, it makes -- it does not reward entrepreneurship, it's unfair. So I called some Republicans and Democrats who care about this issue together. I said, come up with a plan to simplify the tax code so people can understand it, and so it helps achieve some objectives, which is fairness, simplicity, easy to understand. I mean, you shouldn't have to -- have to hire all kinds of folks to figure out what's in the tax code. And so once we get those recommendations, I look forward to working with Congress to not only keep your taxes low, but to make the code simple and easy to understand."
"President George W. Bush tours the turbine room of Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant in Lusby, Md., Wednesday, June 22, 2005. After his tour, the President spoke about energy and economic security to about 400 in attendance. White House photo by Paul Morse "