Reply #3: Back in October I e-mailed about a dozen friends and relatives... [View All]

[CBHagman]

...to ask them whether they had heard of this. Most hadn't, and at least one didn't seem to grasp what could potentially happen. I get the impression that most people just don't take it in and don't realize what this would mean for the working poor and middle class in this country.

Anyway, it seems that the issue has not died. The last article I read on the Bush economic team and plans for the second term suggested that a national sales tax is still something they are looking into. Where is the mobilization against this?