Mike Huckabee will also be testifying on behalf of the FairTax.
Details on the hearing FairTax hearing below. Please
submit your comments on the FairTax and/or VAT using the link at the bottom of
the page. Remember your comments will be part of the public record.
Thank you to the volunteers who have contacted the members of the House
Ways & Means Committee to invite them to attend the hearing! I believe that
each member of the committee has been contacted by a volunteer from FairTax at
least once.
The hearing is only the beginning! We need to make sure we follow up on this hearing and the others to follow. As you know FairTaxers will be in Washington DC this week personally visiting congressional offices, talking to Congressmen and staff during Storm the Hill. Monday is the last day to secure tickets for the special FairTax tour of the capital if you wish to participate in this special event. Details on www.FairTaxNation.com We need your help! Please call, fax, visit your local Congressional offices this week and ask your Congressman to cosponsor the FairTax. Phone lines into Washington DC have been jammed with debt ceiling concerns and other topics so your best option my be to call local offices. Questions? Just ask!
Marilyn
Rickert
Jul 26, 2011
Focus Of The Hearing:
The hearing will
consider separately two different consumption tax models. One panel will examine
the advantages and disadvantages of a VAT, whether as a supplement to or full
replacement for existing taxes. Another panel will discuss the policy arguments
for and against adopting the FairTax as a replacement for existing federal
taxes. The hearing will explore the economic impact of consumption tax systems,
as well as issues surrounding administration and compliance.
Hearing
Advisory:
Camp Announces Hearing on Tax Reform and Consumption-Based Tax
Systems
Witness List:
Please note that start time and order of panels
are subject to change to accommodate witness travel schedules. In view of the
limited time available to hear witnesses, oral testimony at this hearing will be
from invited witnesses only. However, any individual or organization not
scheduled for an oral appearance may submit, in accordance with the procedure
outlined in the hearing advisory, a written statement for consideration by the
Committee and for inclusion in the printed record of the hearing.
PANEL (FairTax):
Mr. Mike Huckabee
former Governor of
Arkansas
Dr. Laurence J. Kotlikoff
Professor of Economics, Boston
University, Boston, MA; accompanied by Dr. David Tuerck,
Executive Director,
The Beacon Hill Institute, Professor and Chairman, Department of
Economics,
Suffolk University
Mr. Bruce Bartlett
Columnist, Tax Notes, The Fiscal
Times, Contributor, The New York Times
PANEL (Value Added Tax):
Mr. Michael J. Graetz
Columbia Alumni Professor of Tax Law, Columbia
University
Dr. Rosanne Altshuler
Professor and Chair, Economics
Department, Rutgers University, New
Dr. Robert J. Carroll, Ernst &
Young LLP
Mr. Jim White, Director
Tax Issues, Government
Accountability Office
Dr. Daniel J. Mitchell
Senior Fellow, Cato
Institute
Dr. Simon Johnson
Ronald A. Kurtz Professor of
Entrepreneurship, Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, former Economic Counselor and Director of the Research Department at
the International Monetary Fund
Submissions:
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submission for the record
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