The American Spectator : AmSpecBlog : It's Not Spending or Revenue -- It's the Politicians

It's the Politicians:

The past few days have seen some serious conservative-on-conservative violence. It started when Indiana governor Mitch Daniels contemplated a VAT (value-added tax) in the context of broader tax code overhaul plans. In response, Americans for Tax Reform president (and frequent Spectator contributor) Grover Norquist warned, in his inimitable way, that Daniels better have a good excuse for considering a VAT -- such as 'large quantities of crystal meth.' Then Norquist himself came under friendly fire from Kevin Williamson at National Review, who accused Norquist of living in 'candyland' for thinking that our debt problem can be solved without a VAT or other such revenue-increasing vehicle."