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

May 2009 Blog Posts (30)

The Solution

"People in distress will sometimes prefer a problem that is familiar to a solution that is not." - Neil Postman
FairTax - the solution

Added by Tim on May 11, 2009 at 6:41pm — No Comments

The Obama single payer healthcare plan offers us another insight into why we need to abolish the IRS. The plan offers employers a tax break for policing their employees in four ways! The employer is rewarded for employees that are non-smokers, not overweight, proper diet, and their exercise program. Employers will have the ability to enforce these new rules because this will be an act of Congress and will support the employer/government in any cases that may arise in court due to the new… Continue

Added by Curtis R. Pack on May 10, 2009 at 6:00pm — No Comments

US Foreign Debt jumps to 35% of GDP

By Raymond Richman, Howard Richman, and Jesse Richman On April 21, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) projected (see the World Economic Outlook, pp. 36-37) that the US foreign debt will increase from about 4.5% of world GDP in 2007 to about 9% in 2009. Given that the US foreign debt was 17.7% of US GDP at the end of 2007, this means that our foreign debt will be about 35% of US GDP by the end of this year as shown in the red line on the graph below US foreign debt tends to increase when the… Continue

Added by Mark and Aracelis Thompson on May 10, 2009 at 3:42pm — 5 Comments

New Senate Co-Sponsor for FairTax

It's now public. Senator Richard Burr, R-NC, announced this week that he has

become a co-sponsor of S296, The Fair Tax Act of 2009. Senator Burr is the first

new Senate co-sponsor in several years. The Sponsor of the FairTax in the Senate

is Saxby Chambliss [R, GA].

The 4 Co-Sponsors now are:

Sen. Richard Burr [R, NC]

Sen. Thomas Coburn [R, OK]

Sen. John Cornyn [R, TX]

Sen. John Isakson [R, GA]

~Jim

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Added by Jim Bennett on May 10, 2009 at 1:56pm — No Comments

National Small Business Association

I replied:

Thank you, Molly.

Let me suggest another approach. Would you be willing to contact your New Jersey members and ask them whether they would let FairTax volunteers place holders with pocket cards (proof sample attached) in their businesses? If any respond positively, you can let me know who they are.

Best regards,

~Jim Bennett

State Volunteer Co-Director

Americans for Fair Taxation

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From: Molly… Continue

Added by Jim Bennett on May 8, 2009 at 9:00pm — No Comments

What more do we have to do?

I'm sure the rest of you were like me and were dreading the April 15th deadline for our federal taxes. The only people that weren't in a bad mood that day were probably the bean counters looking for all that money coming in. And...as good citizens I'm sure a vast majority just went along with the system and made sure all of our paperwork was in line and filed properly. Once more...the cycle continues...what if we were to "rock the boat" so to speak?

Let's look at a possible way to… Continue

Added by Marc on May 6, 2009 at 9:16pm — 2 Comments

Da Blues... "Who Loves Us the Most?" Tee Shirt

The Bumper Sticker at Blue Collar Republicans is "Jesus Loves You, and Allah wants you DEAD!" i would like all FairTaxers who want to capture the working class at the next rally to link into my Da Blues Group here. I think I have at least a cool Tee Shirt idea that brings together ALL Americans to shout out how upset we are with Income Taxation and those who do nothing to get rid of it all. If you are new to the FairTax and are in South Florida or would like to use "Da Blues" idea at FairTax… Continue

Added by James Russell on May 5, 2009 at 10:14am — 1 Comment

Richard Burr is new senate co-sponsor!!

Richard Burr, North Carolina senator has signed on as a co-sponsor for the FairTax bill S.R. 296! The house bill is H.R. 25. Call Senator Burr tollfree at 1-877-242-0100 to let him know you support him and that he made the right choice!

Added by Laura McCue on May 4, 2009 at 8:30pm — 5 Comments

Please visit www.ourcaucus.com and watch the 12 article videos. They are thoughtful and well presented. I believe every American can get behind these workable ideas and the FairTax could become a rea…

Please visit www.ourcaucus.com and watch the 12 article videos. They are thoughtful and well presented. I believe every American can get behind these workable ideas and the FairTax could become a reality sooner than you think. It's a plan we can be a part of. Continue

Added by Laura McCue on May 4, 2009 at 7:24am — 1 Comment

Congressional support seems thin to me.

I just wanted to throw this out for discussion. It concerns me that there is relatively little news on the FairTax coming from our sponsors in the Congress. My impression is that these sponsors are more interested in us as potential donors or primary voters than they are advocates of the FairTax.

These politicians seem to be poorly informed about the nuts and bolts of the FairTax and its overall positive effects on the American economy and us "the people". They don't have a repetoire… Continue

Added by Tom Morrison on May 2, 2009 at 10:00pm — 14 Comments