The fabulous vanishing tax reform trick

Former Senator John Breaux sounded like a man whose feelings were hurt.

"I am really disappointed," he said Wednesday.

Mr. Breaux was disappointed that President Bush's State of the Union address on Tuesday had contained not one, not two, but absolutely none of the recommendations made last fall by the President's Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform.

President Bush made the panel's report vanish right before their eyes.

"Must be in a closet somewhere, on a shelf somewhere," Mr. Breaux said.

Can you solve the mystery? For the answer, read our earlier post, Low Comedy and High Taxes.


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