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Comment by Dave Boone on July 18, 2010 at 11:39pm

This from Richard Grenell who resides in Peterson's district:

Yes, Collin was an original co-sponsor of The FairTax in 1999, when
it was first introduced to Congress, along with GOP Rep. John Linder.
Linder was put on the House Ways and Means Committee, but has now
announced that he's retiring from Congress.

Of all the attempts I've made, over the past three years, to contact
Collin, I've never had a response from him or his staff.
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Peterson's district has been hard hit by jobs moving to the Dakotas. Maybe we should sell him on a Minnesota version of the FT -db

Comment by Dave Boone on July 18, 2010 at 7:13pm

The term "progressive" has been co-opted because "liberal" has such a negative connotation, and rightfully so. We shouldn't get too excited about such things because in the political world, the definitions change every few generations. For example our founding fathers were liberal in the sense that they championed individual freedom. Besides all that, when "progressive" is used in a tax discussion, it simply means that the tax burden increases as income goes up, and the poor pay little or nothing.

Comment by Weston Wiggins on July 18, 2010 at 6:58pm

I just noticed in the description for Fairtax that it is a "progressive" form of taxation. I am sorry, but anything with progressive in it gives me a rash. Explain this for me and thus for others please.

Comment by Jim Bennett on July 18, 2010 at 4:30pm

All,
As I was doing some research into FairTax history I saw that Colin Peterson (D), MN-07, was one of the original co-sponsors of the bill from its National Retail Sales Tax days. A FTN-contributor named Cary Henderson suggested this may be a good time to approach Peterson again. If Peterson thinks Nancy Pelosi, who is the one keeping Democrats off the bill (I'm not saying this to be political but to make a statement of fact), is now on the wrong side of history, Peterson may be willing to show more independence.

Let me know what you think and how MN-outsiders might be able to help.

Best regards,
~Jim Bennett
New Jersey

Comment by Gerald Nielsen on May 30, 2009 at 9:48am

Was wondering if there is going to be a group going down to Columbia for the rally. I am with the Grassroots Freedom Riders and I will be heading down and was looking to hook up with a caravan from the Cities possibly
Jerry