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

Marilyn Rickert's Blog – September 2010 Archive (3)

Tea Party primary wins give boost to 'fair tax' plan to kill federal income taxes

Primary victories by Tea Party candidates have given a boost to the so-called fair tax, a reform proposal that abolishes incomes taxes — and the IRS — and levies a tax on spending instead.

The levy received little attention during the 2005 tax reform debate under President George W. Bush because experts warned it raised less revenue than the current system and…

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Added by Marilyn Rickert on September 22, 2010 at 8:19am — 1 Comment

Cosponsor #64 added to the FairTax bill - Where does your Congressman stand?

The 64th co-sponsor on HR 25 was just recorded September 14 - Virginia Foxx of NC. Congratulations to all of the North Carolinians who helped make this possible.

At the end of the last session of congress, we had 72 co-sponsors on HR 25. That number represented an increase over the previous session and the FairTax bill in the house had recorded increases in co-sponsorship every session since it had been introduced in 1999.

When our volunteers are interviewed about the…

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Added by Marilyn Rickert on September 16, 2010 at 10:21am — No Comments

Phil Hinson, Spokesman - FairTax.org Discusses FT Issues - Listen!

Check out the Forum post by Ben McCoy:

I was fortunate to have Phil Hinson National Spokesman for FairTax.org to join me on my weekly radio show and discuss many of the common misconceptions and current issues associated with the Fair Tax - you definitely want to check this out!…

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Added by Marilyn Rickert on September 9, 2010 at 2:14pm — No Comments