Tri-Valley Herald Online – Local & Regional News

Bush has suggested that overhauling the tax code would be a second-term priority if he is re-elected. While campaigning in Florida on Tuesday, he said replacing the income tax with a federal sales tax is “an interesting idea that we ought to explore seriously.”

Kerry seized on Bush’s comments even as White House officials denied that any such plan is under consideration.

Do you really want Bush and a Republican Congress overhauling the tax code and Social Security? mjh