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Tim Pawlenty has just announced a new economic proposal for his campaign.  As a fiscally conservative voter, I find the plan refreshing!  However, as a Fair Tax supporter, I feel as if I am being shorted.  I'm going to attempt to break his plan down and compare each individual part to the Fair Tax.

The main points of Pawlenty's tax plan is as follows:

1. Top business income tax rates would go from 35% to 15%

-One little secret…

Club for Growth looks at Herman Cain

http://www.clubforgrowth.org/whitepapers/?subsec=137&id=923

National Taxpayers Union - Pass this link around and sign the petition

https://secure3.convio.net/ntu/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=799&JServSessionIdr004=a0amdr18y2.app334a 

This article led me to this organization -…

When someone thinks of a Fairtax supporter, what comes to mind? Probably some backwoods, redneck, "tea bagger" who is afraid of the "guvment" taken away his guns, right?



Well... that's not me exactly. However, I am a devoted supporter of the Fairtax. I remember the first time that I was introduced to the Fairtax. I was watching one of the 2008 Republican primary debates, when they "explained" what the Fairtax was. I remember quite vividly Chris Wallace informing the entire viewing…

Take a deep breath, America. You've finally worked long enough this year, to earn enough to pay your taxes for the whole year. Since the government claims first dibs on your money, this means that all of your work this year, up to now, has been for the government. But you can now start working for your own benefit.

Tax Freedom Day arrived 46 minutes after midnight, last night (April 12).

Tax Freedom Day is the…

Part of my strategy to get grassroot support and Congressional co-sponsors is to get bi-partisan support for the FairTax.

Along those lines, last fall our team reached out to all of the Congressional candidates in our district. We had five candidates in the general election and two Fair Tax supporters. The Green party candidate was intrigued and by following up with him I managed to get to speak at the NJ Green Party state convention last weekend.

I researched…

Of all of the myths that persist about wealth and work, perhaps the most stubborn is the myth of the working man; that stoic character who toils harder, grinds longer, contributes more, and is paid less than his presumptively non-working overlords.



Socialists, liberals, and Democrats claim to be "for" the working man – as long as it’s the union-represented working man. Capitalists, conservatives, and Republicans also claim to be "for" the working man, too – mostly they mean the…

I have observed many times that whenever a congressman who is a co-sponsor on the FairTax bill (Senate or House) has a press conference or is on national TV, they always discuss what is wrong with America, our economy and our families, and NEVER (underscore NEVER) say the word, FairTax!

Senator Saxby Chambliss is the latest example….the man who introduced the FairTax bill in the Senate.

Sunday, March 13, 2011, he was on Fox News with Chris Wallace and…

In a response to my piece entitled, "Taxeaters", a reader who favored progressive income taxation posed this question back to me: why shouldn’t the top 50% of income earners pay 96% of the taxes?



My answer: for the same reason that they shouldn’t have to pick up 96% of the state’s collective bar tab. All knowledge builds upon what you know.



That evening, I pondered his question some more and was inspired while enjoying a pub meal that Michelle Obama would ban if…

Welcome to the second Civil War. This time it is the taxpayers against the taxeaters; the hand versus the cookie jar. The tea party sparked it, Governor Chris Christie of New Jersey declared it, and now Governor Scott Walker of Wisconsin has fired the first shot.



On one side of the economic Mason/Dixon line are taxpayers, people who send more money to government than they receive from it. On the other is taxeaters, whose ledger balance is reversed. Pick your side, either by…