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!

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.

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/.