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This is my last post to this blog. All of my time, efforts and energy promoting the Fair Tax will be done at the http://www.ZAPtheIRS.com network. Please join me there. I have a group there with the same name, Democrats for the Fair Tax. I hope you will join it as well. There is an article there about splinter group that influenced this decision greatly. I hope you will read it.
This http://www.ZAPtheIRS.com network is bringing together what all the efforts into one place. It has forums, blogs, groups and much more. It is definitely adding fuel to this grassroots movement. Join us there, you will receive a warm welcome I'm sure. Thanks for reading here.
Saturday, December 20, 2008
Friday, December 12, 2008
CHECK OUT THIS VIDEO
Watch this video and then come back and reply if you have questions and I'll see if I can find you an answer. This is one of the most compelling videos I've seen.
http://zaptheirs.ning.com/video/video/show?id=2408015%3AVideo%3A4099
Please join the zaptheirs network while you are there if you aren't already a member.
http://zaptheirs.ning.com/video/video/show?id=2408015%3AVideo%3A4099
Please join the zaptheirs network while you are there if you aren't already a member.
Friday, December 5, 2008
CANDOR ACCOUNTABILITY FAIRNESS
Candor, accountability and fairness, three words lifted from the Preamble to the 2008 Democratic Party Platform:
A great nation now demands that its leaders abandon the politics of partisan division and find creative solutions to promote the common good. A people that prizes candor, accountability and fairness insist that a government of the people must level with them and champion the interest of all American families.
That is precisely what the Fair Tax would accomplish. It meets the test of candor because it is transparent. Fair Tax supporters are insisting that the bill be passed as written because it provides for no exceptions/no loopholes. It forces accountability also because of its transparency. The only way federal taxes could be increased would be to increase the sales tax. Then the American people would demand of our legislators that they justify it. It is currently unilaterally agreed that spending is out of control, but under the Fair Tax the options would be reduce spending or raise the sales tax. Currently they have other options, such as with every new law passed more pages are added to the monsterous code giving some special interest group a credit or loophole. Would legislators not be afraid of losing their congressional seats if they favored raising the tax over reducing spending? And as for fairness, the Fair Tax is not perfect but it is the fairest proposal out there. There is no such thing as a "perfect" or "completely fair" tax.
You work too hard to not be concerned about how much you give the government and what they use it for. This past election season demonstrated that people can be motivated to get involved. Let me challenge you to do your own research rather that let self-serving politicians tell you what is best for you. The Fair Tax does meet the goals of the Democratic platform. Let's insist they pass it, the sooner the better.
A great nation now demands that its leaders abandon the politics of partisan division and find creative solutions to promote the common good. A people that prizes candor, accountability and fairness insist that a government of the people must level with them and champion the interest of all American families.
That is precisely what the Fair Tax would accomplish. It meets the test of candor because it is transparent. Fair Tax supporters are insisting that the bill be passed as written because it provides for no exceptions/no loopholes. It forces accountability also because of its transparency. The only way federal taxes could be increased would be to increase the sales tax. Then the American people would demand of our legislators that they justify it. It is currently unilaterally agreed that spending is out of control, but under the Fair Tax the options would be reduce spending or raise the sales tax. Currently they have other options, such as with every new law passed more pages are added to the monsterous code giving some special interest group a credit or loophole. Would legislators not be afraid of losing their congressional seats if they favored raising the tax over reducing spending? And as for fairness, the Fair Tax is not perfect but it is the fairest proposal out there. There is no such thing as a "perfect" or "completely fair" tax.
You work too hard to not be concerned about how much you give the government and what they use it for. This past election season demonstrated that people can be motivated to get involved. Let me challenge you to do your own research rather that let self-serving politicians tell you what is best for you. The Fair Tax does meet the goals of the Democratic platform. Let's insist they pass it, the sooner the better.
Saturday, November 22, 2008
PROGRESSIVE VS REGRESSIVE
Mr. Laurence . Kotlikoff is chair of the economics department at Boson University, a Democrat and a leading researcher and advocate for the Fair Tax. In an article published in the Wall Street Journal, March 7, 2005 he writes:
"Democrats need to listen up here. Their view that taxing sales is regressive is just plain wrong. Taxing consumption is effectively the same as taxing wages plus taxing wealth. The logic is simple if you consider the most straightforward way of taxing consumption, namely via a retail sales tax. In this case, when people spend their wags or their assets on goods and services, they pay sales taxes, meaning they end up with less to consume. This is no different from having the wages and wealth taxed, but facing no sales tax...Thus a retail sales tax, with its effective wealth tax component, is highly progressive compared, for example, to taxing just wages."
Our current system thought by many to be progressive is deceiving. With the 10's of thousands of pages in the current code giving exemptions, credits and loopholes to individuals who file the long form and page after page of schedules in effect becomes regressing because the middle class and those falling below the poverty level don't benefit from all the exemptions, credits and loopholes. The Fair Tax provides a highly progressive rebate to each household of their sales tax payments on consumption expenditures up to the poverty line.
So progressive vs regressive-the Fair Tax wins.
"Democrats need to listen up here. Their view that taxing sales is regressive is just plain wrong. Taxing consumption is effectively the same as taxing wages plus taxing wealth. The logic is simple if you consider the most straightforward way of taxing consumption, namely via a retail sales tax. In this case, when people spend their wags or their assets on goods and services, they pay sales taxes, meaning they end up with less to consume. This is no different from having the wages and wealth taxed, but facing no sales tax...Thus a retail sales tax, with its effective wealth tax component, is highly progressive compared, for example, to taxing just wages."
Our current system thought by many to be progressive is deceiving. With the 10's of thousands of pages in the current code giving exemptions, credits and loopholes to individuals who file the long form and page after page of schedules in effect becomes regressing because the middle class and those falling below the poverty level don't benefit from all the exemptions, credits and loopholes. The Fair Tax provides a highly progressive rebate to each household of their sales tax payments on consumption expenditures up to the poverty line.
So progressive vs regressive-the Fair Tax wins.
Thursday, November 13, 2008
WHY?
September 15, 2008 changed the whole presidential campaign. I don't think it changed the outcome. I think Barak Obama's time had come. But what boggles my mind is with the economy trumping all other issues, taxes were discussed at length by both sides and not a single mention of the Fair Tax. WHY?
There is talk of a second stimulus package and as part of it a $1000 check sent to individuals and families with an earned income below a to-be-determined amount. Why not just let us take home our whole paycheck every week? If a $1000 check would put a smile on our face on the way to the bank or favorite department store, just imagine what taking home our whole paycheck would do every week. TALK ABOUT A STIMULUS PACKAGE! And yet it was not mentioned. WHY?
The Atlantic (January/February 2008) commented: The growing trade deficit threatens U.S. living standards and makes the country dangerously vulnerable to economic extortion. With a trade deficit of 1.4 trillion dollars, didn't the candidates think that was a problem directly effecting the economy? I heard both candidates say they would bring jobs back to this country that had been shipped overseas but never did I hear either of them say how they would do that. WHY? I don't think they had a plan, nor even a clue, only rhetorical promises. If we adopted the Fair Tax which would take the 22% hidden taxes out of everything we make don't you think it would make our American made products more competitive on the world market? Wouldn't that bring jobs back home and reverse the jobless numbers? Wouldn't a real plan like that have been better than empty promises? And yet it was not mentioned. WHY?
I have posed several questions here and only one answer. WHY? You got the idea. The Fair Tax is the answer to all the questions posed. They are holding summits, shrugging their shoulders and throwing up their hands in surrender. They are drowning in puzzlement, we've thrown them a lifeline and they are refusing it - that is stubborn (or maybe stupid.)
There is talk of a second stimulus package and as part of it a $1000 check sent to individuals and families with an earned income below a to-be-determined amount. Why not just let us take home our whole paycheck every week? If a $1000 check would put a smile on our face on the way to the bank or favorite department store, just imagine what taking home our whole paycheck would do every week. TALK ABOUT A STIMULUS PACKAGE! And yet it was not mentioned. WHY?
The Atlantic (January/February 2008) commented: The growing trade deficit threatens U.S. living standards and makes the country dangerously vulnerable to economic extortion. With a trade deficit of 1.4 trillion dollars, didn't the candidates think that was a problem directly effecting the economy? I heard both candidates say they would bring jobs back to this country that had been shipped overseas but never did I hear either of them say how they would do that. WHY? I don't think they had a plan, nor even a clue, only rhetorical promises. If we adopted the Fair Tax which would take the 22% hidden taxes out of everything we make don't you think it would make our American made products more competitive on the world market? Wouldn't that bring jobs back home and reverse the jobless numbers? Wouldn't a real plan like that have been better than empty promises? And yet it was not mentioned. WHY?
I have posed several questions here and only one answer. WHY? You got the idea. The Fair Tax is the answer to all the questions posed. They are holding summits, shrugging their shoulders and throwing up their hands in surrender. They are drowning in puzzlement, we've thrown them a lifeline and they are refusing it - that is stubborn (or maybe stupid.)
Friday, November 7, 2008
ONWARD ONWARD
Dan Boren, Ok 2, co-sponsor of the Fair Tax was reelected to his congressional seat. That is good news for us. Bob Conley, Democratic challenger to Lindsey Graham in North Carolina did not win but hopefully he did raise enough awareness to let Senator Graham know that it is an issue many are concerned about and support and hopefully he will return to run again another day. Please contact Mr. Conley and encourage him to stay in the struggle to see the passage of the Fair Tax even though it has to be from a different perspective than he had hoped.
I have waited to post here to try to sort out in my own mind where we are with regard to the upcoming administration. I've read two contrasting views. One is that since so few Democratic elected officials support the Fair Tax that it is a big setback for the movement. The other theory is that since the Democrats control the executive and legislative branches that it will soften their resistance. I will hold my opinion, hope for the later and work as I have for the past 9 years but hopefully with a continued swelling passion.
I often ponder why we are not closer to passage given the length of time the movement has been in existence. But pondering has not resulted in a conclusion. I have to resist the urge to be critical (although sometimes I fail). I think being critical is the first step to discouragement and there is no place in a marathon (which this movement is) for discouragement. It is a killer.
I have waited to post here to try to sort out in my own mind where we are with regard to the upcoming administration. I've read two contrasting views. One is that since so few Democratic elected officials support the Fair Tax that it is a big setback for the movement. The other theory is that since the Democrats control the executive and legislative branches that it will soften their resistance. I will hold my opinion, hope for the later and work as I have for the past 9 years but hopefully with a continued swelling passion.
I often ponder why we are not closer to passage given the length of time the movement has been in existence. But pondering has not resulted in a conclusion. I have to resist the urge to be critical (although sometimes I fail). I think being critical is the first step to discouragement and there is no place in a marathon (which this movement is) for discouragement. It is a killer.
Thursday, October 30, 2008
POST ELECTION
The election will be over in just 5 short days (easy for a non-candidate to say) after 20 long months of campaigning. If things turn out like it seems they will on the national scene this may very well be one of the best times to pick up support for the FairTax within the congress. But it will take some grassroots Democrats getting passionate about it. Laurence J. Kotikoff, professor of economics at Boston University and economic advisor to Democratic presidential hopeful early in the primaries, Mike Gravel, says in a paper written January 15, 2008, "The Fair Tax represents a significant tax reform proposal that deserves to be taken seriously." I couldn't agree more. Given the current economic climate. He goes on to say, "that requires examining the proposal itself." My belief is that is where we have failed most miserably with our Democratic elected officials. We have assumed they would do that on their own instead of trying to educate them. They have resisted reading the Fair Tax books because of their authors (one in particular) are so outspoken and conservative. Let me suggest that you print out this article, it is only 17 pages long and mail it to your representatives pointing out it is written by a Democrat. The article to which I'm referring is located here. Let me know what kind of response you get. Of course wait until the election is over and the climate has cooled (no pun intended).
Thursday, October 23, 2008
WHY?
Phil Henson reported that many in Georgia are aware, we have been working on Rep. David Scott (D/GA 13th) for several years now. He has treated us with courtesy and respect and although he has not co-sponsored the FairTax bill, he did post some positive comments about the FairTax on his website at one time and indicated that he would be inclined to vote for it if it were to come to a vote on the floor of the house. However now he is in a fight to keep his seat in the House of Representatives and has chosen to use the FairTax as a divisive issue. Please go here or write him at 173 North Main Street, Jonesboro, GA 30236 , and respectfully let Mr. Scott know that the FairTax is not an issue to be partisan on. Let him know the FairTax is what America needs at this important time. It can be the real "bailout" we need to get this economy back on its feet and America prosperous and fully employed again.
Friday, October 17, 2008
DAN BOEN - OK 2ND DISTRICT
The following is taken from Wikipedia on Dan Boren:
Boren is a cosponsor of H.R. 25, the FairTax Act, which replaces federal taxes with a flat sales tax. This legislation attracted 59 members in the 109th Congress, more than any other tax reform proposal. (It is now has 72 co-sponsors with the current Congress)
In 2004 Boren beat his Republican opponent 65.89% to 24.11%; in 2006 he won 72.74% to 27.26%. That is pretty impressive. I firmly believe that his support of the FairTax is a huge contributing factor to such resounding victories.
Rep Boren is a member of the Blue Dog Democrat Coalition which has 47 members. This coalition would be a great place to begin increasing support for the FairTax among Democrats in Congress. I encourage everyone to contact Rep Boren and petition him to promote the FairTax among this coalition.
Here is a list of the other members of this coalition. Let's not leave it solely to Rep Boren to solicit the support of this important legislation. Let's contact these members and emphasize that more than ever in these challanging economic times the FairTax would be a big step toward our economic recovery.
Mike Arcuri (New York)
Joe Baca (California)
John Barrow (Georgia)
Melissa Bean (Illinois)
Marion Berry (Arkansas)
Sanford Bishop (Georgia)
Dan Boren (Oklahoma)
Leonard Boswell (Iowa)
Allen Boyd (Florida), Blue Dog Co-Chair for Administration
Dennis Cardoza (California)
Christopher Carney (Pennsylvania)
Ben Chandler (Kentucky)
Jim Cooper (Tennessee)
Jim Costa (California)
Bud Cramer (Alabama)
Lincoln Davis (Tennessee)
Joe Donnelly (Indiana)
Brad Ellsworth (Indiana)
Gabrielle Giffords (Arizona)
Kirsten Gillibrand (New York)
Bart Gordon (Tennessee)
Jane Harman (California)
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (South Dakota), Blue Dog Whip
Baron Hill (Indiana)
Tim Holden (Pennsylvania)
Nick Lampson (Texas)
Tim Mahoney (Florida)
Jim Marshall (Georgia)
Jim Matheson (Utah)
Mike McIntyre (North Carolina)
Charlie Melancon (Louisiana)
Mike Michaud (Maine)
Dennis Moore (Kansas), Blue Dog Co-Chair for Policy
Patrick Murphy (Pennsylvania)
Collin Peterson (Minnesota)
Earl Pomeroy (North Dakota)
Mike Ross (Arkansas), Blue Dog Co-Chair for Communications
John Salazar (Colorado)
Loretta Sanchez (California)
Adam Schiff (California)
David Scott (Georgia)
Heath Shuler (North Carolina)
Zack Space (Ohio)
John Tanner (Tennessee)
Gene Taylor (Mississippi)
Mike Thompson (California)
Charlie Wilson (Ohio)
Boren is a cosponsor of H.R. 25, the FairTax Act, which replaces federal taxes with a flat sales tax. This legislation attracted 59 members in the 109th Congress, more than any other tax reform proposal. (It is now has 72 co-sponsors with the current Congress)
In 2004 Boren beat his Republican opponent 65.89% to 24.11%; in 2006 he won 72.74% to 27.26%. That is pretty impressive. I firmly believe that his support of the FairTax is a huge contributing factor to such resounding victories.
Rep Boren is a member of the Blue Dog Democrat Coalition which has 47 members. This coalition would be a great place to begin increasing support for the FairTax among Democrats in Congress. I encourage everyone to contact Rep Boren and petition him to promote the FairTax among this coalition.
Here is a list of the other members of this coalition. Let's not leave it solely to Rep Boren to solicit the support of this important legislation. Let's contact these members and emphasize that more than ever in these challanging economic times the FairTax would be a big step toward our economic recovery.
Mike Arcuri (New York)
Joe Baca (California)
John Barrow (Georgia)
Melissa Bean (Illinois)
Marion Berry (Arkansas)
Sanford Bishop (Georgia)
Dan Boren (Oklahoma)
Leonard Boswell (Iowa)
Allen Boyd (Florida), Blue Dog Co-Chair for Administration
Dennis Cardoza (California)
Christopher Carney (Pennsylvania)
Ben Chandler (Kentucky)
Jim Cooper (Tennessee)
Jim Costa (California)
Bud Cramer (Alabama)
Lincoln Davis (Tennessee)
Joe Donnelly (Indiana)
Brad Ellsworth (Indiana)
Gabrielle Giffords (Arizona)
Kirsten Gillibrand (New York)
Bart Gordon (Tennessee)
Jane Harman (California)
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (South Dakota), Blue Dog Whip
Baron Hill (Indiana)
Tim Holden (Pennsylvania)
Nick Lampson (Texas)
Tim Mahoney (Florida)
Jim Marshall (Georgia)
Jim Matheson (Utah)
Mike McIntyre (North Carolina)
Charlie Melancon (Louisiana)
Mike Michaud (Maine)
Dennis Moore (Kansas), Blue Dog Co-Chair for Policy
Patrick Murphy (Pennsylvania)
Collin Peterson (Minnesota)
Earl Pomeroy (North Dakota)
Mike Ross (Arkansas), Blue Dog Co-Chair for Communications
John Salazar (Colorado)
Loretta Sanchez (California)
Adam Schiff (California)
David Scott (Georgia)
Heath Shuler (North Carolina)
Zack Space (Ohio)
John Tanner (Tennessee)
Gene Taylor (Mississippi)
Mike Thompson (California)
Charlie Wilson (Ohio)
Monday, October 13, 2008
CAMPAIGNS
Sen Lindsey Graham and Democratic challenger Bob Conley dueled it out in a debate on Saturday Oct. 11, 2008. D. H. Williams reported on dailynewscaster.com that Bob Conley rightfully points out that American labor cannot compete “with slave labor in Communist China.” With the FairTax, those jobs now being done by "slave labor in Communist China," will be brought back to America because the disadvantage to the American worker will be eliminated with the abolishing of the income tax in favor of a consumption tax. Why punish people willing to work? It doesn't make sense. Bob Conley really hit the nail on the head.
In another heated debate in the Kentucky's 2nd district to fill the seat of retiring Rep. Ron Lewis, Democrat David Boswell got the latest in a string of boosts from Washington on Thursday when a group of nearly 50 moderate and conservative congressional Democrats endorsed his bid to represent Kentucky's 2nd Congressional District as reported by Lexington Herald-Leader Newspaper. I could not find an endorsement of the FairTax on his website but I will be trying to contact him to see where he stands on H.R. 25 and I encourage everyone to also make such contacts to see where he stands on this important legislation. His contact information is info@kentuckiansforboswell.com Let me know if you get a response from him or his campaign and I will do the same.
In another heated debate in the Kentucky's 2nd district to fill the seat of retiring Rep. Ron Lewis, Democrat David Boswell got the latest in a string of boosts from Washington on Thursday when a group of nearly 50 moderate and conservative congressional Democrats endorsed his bid to represent Kentucky's 2nd Congressional District as reported by Lexington Herald-Leader Newspaper. I could not find an endorsement of the FairTax on his website but I will be trying to contact him to see where he stands on H.R. 25 and I encourage everyone to also make such contacts to see where he stands on this important legislation. His contact information is info@kentuckiansforboswell.com Let me know if you get a response from him or his campaign and I will do the same.
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
MAKING HEADLINES
People underestimate the power of the FairTax (H.R. 25/S 1025) as an issue. Mike Huckabee made a strong showing in the Republican primary season. The media gave credit to the Christian evangelicals. That is only a part of the story. The REAL story behind the Huckabee success was his outspoken support of the FairTax. It is hard to estimate how many supporters of the Fair Tax there are because it has never been put to a vote nationally (yet.) But I have been involved as a volunteer for the FairTax for approximately 9 years. Being involved in numerous events, it is my observation when people know the facts they favor the FairTax over ALL other alternatives to the status quo of the current system. People have seen and are tired of politicians of both political parties tinkering with the income tax system. The current code is so complex no one, and I repeat NO ONE, can understand and comply with it. It is over a staggering 60,000 pages in length. It must be, not tinkered with, REPLACE!
I digressed. Wikipedia states that Lindsey Graham "is not expected to face substantive Democratic opposition for a second term." Has the author of that article not heard that his Democratic opponent is a supporter of the FairTax and that there is a strong FairTax base in South Carolina? Could Lindsey Graham wake up November 5th unemployed? Considering Senator Graham's notoriety, wouldn't that make national headlines? Send Lindsey Graham a note and Bob Conley a donation if you can showing your support of candidates that support the FairTax.
I digressed. Wikipedia states that Lindsey Graham "is not expected to face substantive Democratic opposition for a second term." Has the author of that article not heard that his Democratic opponent is a supporter of the FairTax and that there is a strong FairTax base in South Carolina? Could Lindsey Graham wake up November 5th unemployed? Considering Senator Graham's notoriety, wouldn't that make national headlines? Send Lindsey Graham a note and Bob Conley a donation if you can showing your support of candidates that support the FairTax.
Friday, October 3, 2008
WHAT IMPRESSES YOU?
We live in an enlightened age with more educational institutions than ever before. Academia is revered not only in this country but around the world. Studies are done on every imaginable subject (and some unimaginable ones.) We are bombarded with the results of these studies. Any idea someone has that they want to promote they preface it by saying a study shows... We rarely hear how scientific that study was or who it was done by, therefore in reality the "study" is only a sales pitch.
That is not the case with the FairTax. There has been more research and study done on the development of the FairTax than any other tax proposal we hear about. We activists and volunteers get so caught up in promoting the FairTax, educating friends and neighbor thinking, that with our explanations people will automatically "see the light" and join the cause. But often I think we forget in our enthusiasm that some people are not so easily impressed. If you happen to be one of those people let me encourage you to dedicate some serious time exploring the research section at FairTax.org. You will be impressed. Get your facts from the experts who have done the research, crunched the numbers and then drawn educated conclusions.
The FairTax concept is spread by an ever growing number of tens of thousands but we continually encounter publications and political candidates that spew ideas and falsehoods without doing due diligence or research. Check the real research for yourself.
That is not the case with the FairTax. There has been more research and study done on the development of the FairTax than any other tax proposal we hear about. We activists and volunteers get so caught up in promoting the FairTax, educating friends and neighbor thinking, that with our explanations people will automatically "see the light" and join the cause. But often I think we forget in our enthusiasm that some people are not so easily impressed. If you happen to be one of those people let me encourage you to dedicate some serious time exploring the research section at FairTax.org. You will be impressed. Get your facts from the experts who have done the research, crunched the numbers and then drawn educated conclusions.
The FairTax concept is spread by an ever growing number of tens of thousands but we continually encounter publications and political candidates that spew ideas and falsehoods without doing due diligence or research. Check the real research for yourself.
Monday, September 29, 2008
GO FOR IT
Suppose a presidential candidate proposed taxing wealth and using the proceeds to reduce taxes on workers and provide a rebate large enough to cover paid by poor workers. Such a candidate would be hailed by the left and reviled by the right. That is the opening paragraph of an article written by Laurence J. Kotlikoff, professor of economics at Boston University and published in the Boston Globe, February 24, 2008.
He has spoken the truth. So why haven't the Democrats championed the FairTax more. What I'm about to say is a personal opinion but I challenge anyone to refute it. The majority of Democrats "automatically" reject the FairTax without ever investigating it because it's most vocal proponent has been a loud mouth conservative talk radio show host. What will it take to get the majority of Democrats past that? Can we shout louder that he can?
Regrettable and to its detriment this country has turned into a polar mental gel. We have quit thinking. We just take sides from the get go. If it is perceived to be a conservative issue we are against it. Well guess what? There are some issues good for America with no political strings tied to conservatism or liberalism. The FairTax is one of them. I encourage you to read the full article mentioned above in the Boston Globe article. Judge for yourself whether it makes sense. Then make that same challenge to someone else. That's how grassroots efforts work. GO FOR IT!
He has spoken the truth. So why haven't the Democrats championed the FairTax more. What I'm about to say is a personal opinion but I challenge anyone to refute it. The majority of Democrats "automatically" reject the FairTax without ever investigating it because it's most vocal proponent has been a loud mouth conservative talk radio show host. What will it take to get the majority of Democrats past that? Can we shout louder that he can?
Regrettable and to its detriment this country has turned into a polar mental gel. We have quit thinking. We just take sides from the get go. If it is perceived to be a conservative issue we are against it. Well guess what? There are some issues good for America with no political strings tied to conservatism or liberalism. The FairTax is one of them. I encourage you to read the full article mentioned above in the Boston Globe article. Judge for yourself whether it makes sense. Then make that same challenge to someone else. That's how grassroots efforts work. GO FOR IT!
Thursday, September 25, 2008
BI-PARTISAN OUTRAGE
This entire week we have been inundated by outrage for both sides of the political isle over the proposed solution to the market crisis. I too agree we should be outraged. Why should one person be entrusted with the administration of $700 billion? That is just the catalyst for my argument here however.
The cost, not just once, but every year for compliance with the current tax code is $194 billion. That is cause for OUTRAGE! That is 5.8 billion work hours wasted every year. Time really is money. I had always filled out my own taxes until two years ago. They have become so complicated I feel uncomfortable doing them with any confidence that I am doing them right. I'm not making any more money or have more investments, the code is just becoming more complicated. It is over 62,000 pages (the FairTax Bill is only 133 pages.) That is cause for OUTRAGE! We should and can unite for a revolution.
The cost, not just once, but every year for compliance with the current tax code is $194 billion. That is cause for OUTRAGE! That is 5.8 billion work hours wasted every year. Time really is money. I had always filled out my own taxes until two years ago. They have become so complicated I feel uncomfortable doing them with any confidence that I am doing them right. I'm not making any more money or have more investments, the code is just becoming more complicated. It is over 62,000 pages (the FairTax Bill is only 133 pages.) That is cause for OUTRAGE! We should and can unite for a revolution.
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
WELCOME
The description above pretty much says all I want to say for an introduction. Please take time to check one of the boxes to the left to indicate your level of knowledge about the FairTax. Please point your friends to this blog. I hope you will check back often, I will try to post once or twice a week. (Actually I'd like it if you subscribe, its free.) Also I'd like to encourage you to become familiar with fairtax.org. If you can tolerate the Republican biases of the authors you might also want to read The FairTax Book or FairTax: The Truth: Answering the Critics both available at http://www.amazon.com/.
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