Ferrari Mailing List: NFC: Here comes BO's 10 % US National Sales tax

[Rick (Forza355]

Isn't "change" great? 

Never let a serious crisis go to waste. What I mean by that is it's an 
opportunity to do things you couldn't do before." BO's  Chief of Staff Rahm 
Emanuel 
National Sales Tax Gets Fresh Look; Rahm Emanuel's brother advises 10% VAT... 
Once Considered Unthinkable, U.S. Sales Tax Gets Fresh Look
Levy Viewed as Way to Reduce Deficits, Fund Health Reform

By Lori Montgomery
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, May 27, 2009 



With budget deficits soaring and President Obama pushing a trillion-dollar-plus 
expansion of health coverage, some Washington policymakers are taking a fresh 
look at a money-making idea long considered politically taboo: a national sales 
tax. 

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/26/AR2009052602909_pf.html