[With other nations adopting a flat tax,] we'd better get our act together, ... My own feeling is that it's going to happen in five years, and if the Republicans don't seriously move on this in the next two or three years, I think an entrepreneurial Democrat or two is going to run in '08 on tax simplification and just steal the issue from the Republicans.  -   Steve Forbes     Quotes
[With other nations adopting a flat tax,] we'd better get our act together, ... My own feeling is that it's going to happen in five years, and if the Republicans don't seriously move on this in the next two or three years, I think an entrepreneurial Democrat or two is going to run in '08 on tax simplification and just steal the issue from the Republicans. Steve Forbes