re: #431 Nevergiveup

And last month, after wrestling with the White House over the massive deficits projected under Obama’s policies, the chairman of the Senate Budget Committee declared that a VAT should be part of the debate.
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A White House official said a VAT is “unlikely to be in the mix” as a means to pay for health-care reform.

I find it odd that this story is making the rounds with such fury today. It was a month old statement about something that’s pretty unlikely.