Bush's chances of success with Tax Reform / National Sales Tax agenda

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BUSH, in August 2004, on the "National Sales Tax" proposal:

"You know, I'm not exactly sure how big the national sales tax is going to have to be, but it's the kind of interesting idea that we ought to explore seriously," Bush said, according to a Reuters report.

ON SEPTEMBER 8th, this article appeared:

Bush tax reform panel cancels Sept. hearings
By William L. Watts, MarketWatch
Last Update: 10:22 AM ET Sept. 8, 2005

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - President Bush's tax-reform panel late Tuesday cancelled two September meetings, and is pondering whether to delay a final report as the government wrestles with the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

The nine-member panel was due to submit its report detailing ways to overhaul and simplify the tax code to Treasury Secretary John Snow by Sept. 30. Committee members are "having ongoing discussions to determine when the panel's final report will be delivered to the Treasury secretary," said Jeffry Kupfer, the panel's executive director...

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/archivedStory.asp?archive=true&dist=ArchiveSplash&siteid=google&guid=%7B306558E1%2DA85E%2D4418%2DB079%2D83BA688923D0%7D&returnURL=%2Fnews%2Fstory%2Easp%3Fguid%3D%7B306558E1%2DA85E%2D4418%2DB079%2D83BA688923D0%7D%26sit

THEN, this article in Time magazine:
The third move: Develop a new set of goals to announce after Katrina fades. Advisers are proceeding with plans to gin up base-conservative voters for next year's congressional midterm elections with a platform that probably will be focused around tax reform. Because Bush will need a dynamic salesman to make sure that initiative goes better than his Social Security proposal, advisers tell TIME there is once again talk of replacing Treasury Secretary John Snow. There are no plans to delay tax cuts to pay for the New Orleans reconstruction or the Iraq war, and Bush is likely to follow through on his vow to veto anticipated congressional approval of increased federal funding for embryonic-stem-cell research.

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1103526-3,00.html