Well, poor folks wouldn't have to pay taxes because the proposal that I support would include a market basket of goods and services in all the basic areas of necessity and requirements of life that would be exempt from taxation. And that would essentially mean that instead of having to hire fancy accountants and lawyers to figure out how you get all the tax breaks, you know, rich people can do that.

PBS' Newshour with Jim Lehrer, December 20, 1999

Alan Keyes on the Jim Lehrer Show on PBS