Defending the FairTax

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Comment by William Payne on October 13, 2011 at 6:21pm

I believe the essay by Dr. Uhl (the first part of which I got in an e-mail) is an issue that the legal minds at AFFT should address, as well as candidates opposing Mr. Burns in PA in their advertising. Mr. Burns needs to be educated and/or rebutted. Here is the first part of Dr. Uhl's essay, which is still incomplete as yet:

"A message from Dr. Stephen Uhl to all members of Defending the FairTax on FairTax
Nation!

I am a new member; I hope you can use some of the "stuff" that has accumulated to
counter the lies and demagoguery that come so easily to opponents of FT 

TIME TO TAKE OUT THE GARBAGE

DCCC,  Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
       Becomes     Deceitful Committee Confusing the Credulous

Here is a truly despicable example of lying by both omission and commission from the
2010 House elections campaign. DCCC published the following ad attempting to destroy
a challenger by grossly misrepresenting FairTax:  

“Republican Tim Burns (PA-12) is once again going out of his way to prove that he is
grossly out of touch with Western Pennsylvania. The latest example is particularly
telling; despite the fact that middle class families are already struggling, Burns
has endorsed a risky and radical plan deceivingly called the “Fair Tax” that would
enact a 23 percent national sales tax on all goods and services including food and
clothing. The plan would dramatically increase the tax burden for middle class
families while only benefiting the wealthiest Americans like Tim Burns. In
Pennsylvania, middle income Pennsylvanians would see their taxes increase by $3,818
per year while the top one percent of earners would see their taxes cut by $187,080
a year.”

There is no hint as to where those mythical figures came from! Such demagoguery is
despicable and totally inexcusable, since DCCC certainly knew that they were
misrepresenting FairTax by omitting any reference to the FairTax prebate which
untaxes the poor altogether and makes FairTax more progressive than the present
I.R.S. income tax system. In fact, FairTax TOTALLY REPLACES all the federal income
tax expenses; this lets workers take home their larger paychecks with NO federal
withholding to reduce those checks.

The lying ad strongly implies that FairTax would add 23% to current costs, raising
taxes by thousands of dollars for everyone but the wealthy. The ad makes no mention
of the drastically reduced ....."

Comment by Jamie Wheeler WA on October 13, 2011 at 4:56pm

This is great and WELCOME everyone!  With the 2012 primaries possibly starting in Dec NOW is the time to make sure everyone has a place to go to help defend the excpetional piece of legislation that will be the FIRST step in revolutionary restoration of our republic.  GOOOO FairTax!

DON'T be shy to comment on the attacks posted in the Discussion forum.

Comment by Dr. Stephen Uhl on October 13, 2011 at 10:15am

I tried to post a lengthy essay on lies and demagoguery a few minutes ago, but it appears to have been too long; so here is the second page of that "masterpiece":------------------------------------------------- 

FairTax Summary from 2010 Election

 

House Candidates backing FairTax did very well in 2010 races across U.S.

 

Of the 435 races for the U.S. House, 114 of them involved candidates expressing some support for FairTax.

 

FairTax was a significant issue in 30 of the races; 1 FairTax candidate was an Incumbent, and 29 FairTax candidates were Challengers. The FairTax Incumbent won his race for 100% success rate.

 

In the 29 Challenger races, 17 were won by the FairTax candidate for a 58.6% success rate overall.

 

Of the 29 races, there were 13 where the FairTax was defended either by the Grassroots or the Challenger. Of that 13, 11 were won, for an 84.6% success rate.

 

Overall, Republican Challengers won 25.8% of their races in this election cycle, but where the Challengers were identified as supporters of the FairTax they won 58.6% of the races.

 

In cases where the FairTax candidate and/or the grassroots responded aggressively to the FairTax challenge, the success rate for Republican FairTax candidates jumped to an astonishing 84.6% success rate. This demonstrates that candidates that support the FairTax, and aggressively promote it, receive nearly a 50% advantage over passively favoring the FairTax.

 

Compared to Republicans who were not identified as supporters of the FairTax, those aggressively promoting and defending it enjoyed a 58.8% advantage.

 

The conclusion is clear: The more that the public hears about the FairTax the more they like it and will support advocates of the proposal. FairTax candidates are much more likely to be elected, and candidates that adopt the FairTax as a key plank in their political platform and aggressively promote it are FAR MORE LIKELY to win than those who are less enthusiastic in their support of the FairTax.

 

FairTax is easy to demagogue; the DCCC has demonstrated this. And manipulative politicians readily listen to special interests lobbyists who fight hard against FairTax which brings power back to the people and leaves those lobbyists without a job. But FairTax is too great and too important at this challenging time in our national history to let demagoguery prevent its being adopted. Let us ALL work together honestly to let FairTax become a non-partisan issue; if Independents and thoughtful voters of both parties cooperate to get FairTax enacted, companies will again prefer America as their base, employment will pick up quickly as MADE IN AMERICA becomes popular again. Understand it; demand it! www.fairtax.org

Comment by Robert Williams on October 13, 2011 at 7:00am

I agree 100% Jamie. Thank you for creating this group. We definitely need a central Headquarters for something of this magnitude.

Comment by Jamie Wheeler WA on October 13, 2011 at 6:53am

Thanks Robert...but one can't have the defense of the FairTax too many places.  The one thing nice about here on FTN is that I am here chatting, checking my email and zipping off a Tweet on my Twitter account.

Comment by Robert Williams on October 13, 2011 at 6:33am

Just a note, "Defending the FairTax" is what the FairTaxer Blog is all about. In addition to on-site rebuttals, you will find a plethora of great defenses for the FairTax. Please visit and subscribe to http://fairtaxer.wordpress.com/

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