Replace All Federal Taxes on Income with the Fair Tax Act , HR 25

Call to Action on Tim Burns Attack Ad

Folks,
As you know, there will a special election in the 12th Congressional District of Pennsylvania on May 18, 2010, and you can help push back on an ad being run by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee attacking Candidate Tim Burns for his support of the FairTax. You can view the attack ad at the following link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4W9Go8ajKM

The text of the attack ad is:

"Southwestern Pennsylvania is hurting, but millionaire Tim Burns would make things even worse. Burns supports putting a 23% national sales tax on just about everything we buy. Groceries: 23% more. Gas: 23% more. Burns even wants to raise taxes on medicine. We can’t afford to pay 23% more. We can’t afford Tim Burns. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is responsible for the content of this advertising."

That ad represents the very worst in American politics.

Here is what you can do. Thanks to Barbara Headlee of Waynesburg, Pennsylvania who responded to my earlier e-mail, we now have the names of two newspapers that circulate in the 12th District and the links to their pages for letters to the editor. They are:

The Obsever-Reporter
http://www.observer-reporter.com/OR/lettertoeditor/

The Pittsburgh Post Gazette
http://biz.post-gazette.com/contact/comments_form.aspx?ID=40

FairTax-ers, flood these two papers with your letters to the editor, letting them know what you think of the DCCC ad. You may be passionate, but you must be respectful at all times. If and when speaking for the FairTax organization, you may not support or oppose Tim Burns, but you may defend the FairTax. You, speaking as an individual, may do as you wish.

If you live in the 12th District of Pennsylvania, also send a letter to the local paper in your comminity.

Please blind copy me in on your letter once it is out to permit me to gauge the response.

Together, we can show the politicians that, when they run dishonest ads such as this, they will be called out - and called out hard.

Best regards,
~Jim Bennett
38 Fairview Ave
Summit NJ 07901-1728
USA
(609) 984-2901 Daytime
(908) 273-4578 Evenings
(908) 598-2888 Home Fax
(908) 578-4975 Mobile Phone

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Permalink Reply by Sean Fagan on April 30, 2010 at 5:00am

Good morning America!

I wanted to respond to this for several reasons...

First and foremost, I wanted to express a concept to all of you that I only recently managed to trip over meself. I know all y'all have expressed concerns about how we will manage to support all of the really good FairTax candidates running for office this year when our own financial resources are so slim.

My answer to this is rather simplistic, but if you will hear me out I think you will understand.

I don't believe we need to fight for the FairTax in every nook, cranny or corner across this great nation; but rather a single engagement will produce those desired results. If we are loud enough and strong enough to beat back this negative ad in Mr. Burns district, then I think we bolster the hopes of all of the FairTax candidates everywhere.

Unfortunately, time is short, and we do not have the luxury of picking or choosing the field of battle - that seems to have been already determined be the enemies of the FairTax. While we may not be fully prepared to join this fight, I wholeheartedly believe it is crucial for us to do so. I personally think the time has come for us to stand up and defend the FairTax.

Secondly, unlike trying to deal with individual members of Congress in whatever district you may be from, here is a real opportunity for us to sway public opinion without regard to where we live. While we all may have lost faith in the main-stream, drive-by, state-run media I still believe in a free press. Write those letters to the newspapers Jim has listed now!

Lastly, I think that if there was ever a time we needed to prove to ourselves that the FairTax is a winning issue - that time has come. It is here and it is now! I personally call upon everyone to become engaged and stand up and fight for the FairTax!!