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).