Put nothing past these clowns.  How about cutting government waste and spending
?  Maybe folks will wake up and realize that elections do matter,,,

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http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6355N520100406

Volcker: Taxes likely to rise eventually to tame deficit
NEW YORK

Tue Apr 6, 2010 7:57pm EDTNEW YORK (Reuters) - The United States should
consider raising taxes to help bring deficits under control and may need to
consider a European-style value-added tax, White House adviser Paul Volcker
said on Tuesday.

Volcker, answering a question from the audience at a New York Historical
Society event, said the value-added tax "was not as toxic an
idea" as it has
been in the past and also said a carbon or other energy-related tax may become
necessary.

Though he acknowledged that both were still unpopular ideas, he said getting
entitlement costs and the U.S. budget deficit under control may require such
moves. "If at the end of the day we need to raise taxes, we should raise
taxes," he said.

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