Maybe you should pay a little closer attention.Two words could cast a pall over any gathering of conservatives celebrating President Bush (news - web sites)'s second term and GOP gains in the House and Senate: tax increase.
President Bush this week acknowledged the possibility of making high-income workers pay more Social Security (news - web sites) taxes as part of his plan for private Social Security accounts, and that notion has conservatives alarmed.
The last Republican who broke a "no new taxes" pledge was booted out after one term, they reminded. His name: George H.W. Bush.
"People are quite angry about Bush opening a Pandora's box of tax increases," said Stephen Moore, an anti-tax activist with the Free Enterprise Fund. "It's almost like 'read my lips' all over again."
Yahoo News article
I don't imagine there'll be many folks left unscrewed by the time Baby Bush leaves Washington.
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