WOLFEBORO, N.H. (AP) -- Republican Steve Forbes described Washington Friday as a swamp of special interests and said that as president, he'd drain it.
"Washington attracts special interests the way a swamp attracts mosquitoes," Forbes told about 200 people at a campaign breakfast. "We've got to start draining this particular swamp. It's beyond saving."He said the income tax code, which he wants dumped in favor of a 17 percent flat tax, accounts for about half the lobbying in the capital, and the establishment is against basic change.
"So how do you make that change?" he asked. "Reagan was right. The only way you're going to do it is through an aroused and informed public putting pressure" on Congress.