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By Bob Cusack - 01/10/10 11:54 PM ET
IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman does not file his own taxes in part because he believes the tax code is complex.

During an interview on C-SPAN's "Newsmakers" program that aired on Sunday, Shulman said he uses a tax preparer for his own returns.

"I've used one for years. I find it convenient. I find the tax code complex so I use a preparer," Shulman said.

Pressed on how he would make the tax code simpler, Shulman responded, "I don't write the tax laws. Con… Continue

We need creative FairTaxers to help us come up with a name for our FairTax event in Washington DC on April 14, 15, & 16.

The week of April 14 to April 19 is going to be a big week for citizen action in DC and FairTax is going to be in the lead. We need a name to use for our event. Something that someone who knows nothing about the FairTax may see the name and say -- gee I would like to attend that event!

This is a very tentative idea of what we would like to do in DC to promote the FairTax… Continue

In discussing a National Spokesman with many of you, the idea has arisen that a team of spokesmen may be preferable. We need a very visible presence in the media and it may be more effective the have a team economists, CPAs, parents, etc. available to speak to the issues surrounding the FairTax. For example if the subject is small business - a small business owner may be our best spokesman.

What do you think?

Thank you to all of the many volunteers who donated their time, talents and money to make all of the FairTax events below possible!

*CPAC - Conservative Political Action Conference www.cpac.org DC
*College Republican National Committee Convention http://www.crnc.org/register-2009-convention DC
*National Taxpayers Union Event http://www.ntu.org/main/ DC
*Midwest FairTax Rally http://www.midwestrally.com/ MO
*Netroots Nation http://netrootsnation.org/ PA
*Right… Continue

If you have been watching C-SPAN this past weekend, you would have seen programing from two very important events in Pittsburgh, PA -- Netroots, a conference of left leaning bloggers, and Right Online, a conference of right leaning bloggers. FairTax was, and needed to be, at both events.

I attended the Netroots event and I can report we were warmly received. We had a few "I am not interested" and two who were concerned we were a right wing organization because Mike Huckabee endorsed the FairTax… Continue