] Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said Thursday
] that a new consumption tax such as a national sales tax
] could spark the economy as a partial replacement for
] income taxes.

[ Greenspan may simply be trying to pose this hybrid plan to stir things up a bit in advance of the panel report or administration initiatives. Personally, I'm not a big fan of anything that makes tax less progressive, so I'm skeptical of a national sales tax, but anyway, it's something to think about. -k]

] Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said Thursday
] that a new consumption tax such as a national sales tax
] could spark the economy as a partial replacement for
] income taxes.