Fair Tax Leadership

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Comment by Larry Walters on March 26, 2009 at 7:46pm

Tom,
With due respect to your concise thought process and ability to put it to paper, Timothy Geithner is not an elected official. He is a selected official who happens to be a tax cheat. 10,000 or 10,000,000 letters won't move this turkey and the time it would take for supporters to write useless letters is time taken away from doing what needs to be done which is educate more people to gain more active supporters. Everything else is superfluous.
Let's stay with the basics. As Just mentioned in a comment to Dave, those who want our votes are the ones we can impact. Let'd do it then with focus intensity and efficiency.

Comment by Larry Walters on March 26, 2009 at 7:40pm

Dave,
Putting pressure on Party Leadership is virtually useless. Those closest to the people are our congressional representatives. They want our vote. When we apply enough motivation to them to support the FairTax, they will take care of the party leadership.
We must gain enough FairTax grassroots supporters to be able to vote out those candidates who do not support our legislation.

Comment by Tom Freeman on March 24, 2009 at 12:37pm

I sent the following letter to Secretary Geithner. I would like every FairTaxer in the US to send it. Let's generate 10,000 letter!

March 24, 2009

Department of the Treasury
1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20220

Fax: (202) 622-6415

Dear Secretary Geithner:

The following points were made in the Treasury Department’s Release on the Details on Public Private Partnership Investment Program (in bold). The benefit of the adopting the FairTax legislation (H 25 / S 296) follows each point.

Efforts to Improve Affordability for Responsible Homeowners: The FairTax does not tax monthly mortgage payments. The FairTax provides increased monthly income to taxpayers through the elimination of payroll taxes and the payment of the “Prebate”.

Capital Assistance Program: In an article in Financial Week, it is estimated that US companies could repatriate as much as $655 billion in foreign earnings if the Federal tax on foreign subsidiaries was eliminated. Imagine the effect this capital would have on today’s credit markets if it was deposited in US banks. Some estimates say that over $11 trillion of the world’s wealth is held in Offshore Financial Centers (OFCs). The FairTax eliminates taxes on interest income, dividend income and capital gains allowing these OFC deposits to come rushing into US banks. Imagine the effect this capital would have on today’s credit markets.

From Recovery.gov (in bold). The benefit of the adopting the FairTax legislation follows each point.

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is an unprecedented effort to jumpstart our economy, create or save millions of jobs, and put a down payment on addressing long-neglected challenges so our country can thrive in the 21st century. The FairTax will spur job growth by eliminating all payroll taxes to both employees (creating a $400 billion consumer stimulus) and employers (reducing the costs of employment to employers by $400 billion in direct relation to the company’s number of employees).

The Recovery and Reinvestment Act is an extraordinary response to a crisis unlike any since the Great Depression. With much at stake, the Act provides for unprecedented levels of transparency and accountability so that you will be able to know how, when, and where your tax dollars are being spent. The FairTax adds the same level of transparency to tax collection.

The FairTax plan is a comprehensive proposal that replaces all federal income and payroll based taxes with an integrated approach including a progressive national retail sales tax, a prebate to ensure no American pays federal taxes on spending up to the poverty level and dollar-for-dollar federal revenue replacement. This nonpartisan legislation (HR 25 / S 296) abolishes all federal personal and corporate income taxes, gift, estate, capital gains, alternative minimum, Social Security, Medicare, self-employment taxes and replaces them with one simple, visible, federal retail sales tax administered primarily by existing state sales tax authorities. The FairTax is a fair, efficient, transparent, and intelligent solution to our current tax system.

I urge the Treasury Department and President Obama to consider the FairTax as an integral part of the short-term and, more importantly, long-term solution to America’s current financial situation.

Sincerely,



Thomas J. Freeman

Comment by Dave Sibole on March 24, 2009 at 8:48am

Is there anything we can do to put pressure on the party leadership of both major parties as well as 3rd parties? They could go a long way in getting co-sponser to H.R. 25. What about at the state levels? We don't even get the response from them that we get from the representative. At least we get a form letter from them. How about some "parties" in front of their offices complete with signs and passing out literature? And let's not be discriminatory. Hit all brands.

Comment by Dustin on March 19, 2009 at 3:02pm

the AIG tax that just passed has me so frustrated I'm trying hard not to think about it and instead to keep my eye on the ball with FT.

Comment by Jeff Murdock on March 19, 2009 at 2:59pm

I agree that the tea bags will never be seen by anyone. I also would rather not see some news story about how the mailing of tea bags has cost the post office millions of dollars in overtime because of security concerns.

I do like the idea of sending copies of voter registration cards to your congressman/woman. I think Neil Boortz said that on his show the other day.

Off topic... Can you believe this AIG Bailout stuff? I can't believe the House actually passed that tax bill. The term "Bill of Attainder" will get a lot more mention in the next few days. I wonder if the big media will mention it or not.

Comment by Steve Curtis on March 19, 2009 at 11:22am

I would encourage sending letters, faxes, or post cards, without the tea bags, but with pictures of voter registration cards, the original Boston Tea Party, or other images that make clear WE HAVE HAD ENOUGH!! (as Bill Crosby would say) Sending tea bags, while a great idea, isn't going to get through security. Better to send something with less impact, but is certain to get through.

Comment by Jim Tomasik on March 19, 2009 at 9:26am

I wonder if the tea bags will be stopped totally before they get there due to being a possible security threat.

Comment by David Nelson on March 19, 2009 at 9:11am

Dustin, you should staple teabags to post cards instead. The envelopes won't get there for months because they have to check for poisons.

And may I suggest we may get a better response if we send them to V.P. Joseph Biden at Number One Observatory Circle, Washington? He gets less mail than the White House so our few hundred or few thousand post cards may have a higher impact. Plus, I know for a fact he has at least some interest in the FairTax.

Comment by Dustin on March 18, 2009 at 10:41pm

I reserved a meeting office in our library for thursday April 2nd to stuff envelopes with teabags to be shipped to 1600 Penny Ave. We will also be discussing the FT, and I plan to provide prewritten letters for our local congressman that each attendee can sign and mail to him.

What else would you recommend discussing with other FT supporters during this meeting?

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