www.AndrewSullivan.com - Daily Dish: "OH WELL: There I was, getting all excited about a possible Bush reform that would streamline the tax code, empower ordinary citizens at the expense of lobbyists and bureaucrats, and restore the popular and populist elements of tax-cutting. Now, the cold water seems to be in abundance. According to this Washington Post story,

"[T]he administration plans to push major amendments that would shield interest, dividends and capitals gains from taxation, expand tax breaks for business investment and take other steps intended to simplify the system and encourage economic growth... To pay for them, the administration is considering eliminating the deduction of state and local taxes on federal income tax returns and scrapping the business tax deduction for employer-provided health insurance."

Wow. If you wanted to give Paul Krugman another round of ammunition in arguing that the Bushies only care about the investor classes and corporations, this couldn't be bettered. And making it harder to provide people with health insurance? That's the ticket."