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.