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

July 2011 Blog Posts (6)

FairTax – Expanding the Tax Base

EXPANDING THE TAX BASE AND INCREASING REVENUE UNDER THE FAIR TAX

It’s been said by those “in the know” (both Democrats and Republicans) that “the United States doesn’t need more taxes – it needs more taxPAYERS”. Here are several sources for more taxpayers: Read the Full article by…

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Added by Robert Williams on July 28, 2011 at 10:22am — No Comments

FairTax Prebate: Fair or Foul

The prebate is an integral part of the FairTax, and essential to one of the fundamental principles upon which the FairTax is built, namely an individual’s right to the fruits of their labors comes before any claims the federal government might have upon that person. In other words, under the FairTax, citizens are allowed, and expected, to take care of themselves and their families first, and then, after those expenses are addressed, provide a portion of their “extra” resources to fund the… Continue

Added by Robert Williams on July 25, 2011 at 8:51pm — No Comments

Update: FairTax Hearing in House Ways and Means Committee

These are exciting days for FairTax.

The House Ways and Means Committee has taken up consumption taxes by holding two

panels one on FairTax HR 25 and the other on the VAT. (As of today there is no

bill in the House proposing a VAT)

The Democratic minority have invited Mr. Bruce Bartlett to speak in opposition to the

FairTax. My understanding is Bruce Bartlett has no…

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Added by Marilyn Rickert on July 24, 2011 at 11:19pm — No Comments

Fair Tax Testimony at Ways and Means on 26 July

Below are the individuals that are known to be testifying at Tuesday's Hearing on HR 25:

Governor Mike Huckabee, Former Governor of Arkansas and Host of Mike Huckabee on the Fox News Channel

Dr. David Tuerck, Chairman of the the Economics Department at Suffolk University and Executive Director of the Beacon Hill Institute

Dan Mastromarco, Partner Argus Group, Tax Attorney, Drafted the original FairTax bill

Dr Wayne Angel, Former Federal Reserve Governor

Congressman Rob…

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Added by Greg Smith on July 19, 2011 at 11:05pm — No Comments

Excerpt from "Memoirs of a Community Organizer from Hawai'i"

FairTax (H.R. 25/S. 13)

On April 16, 2009, I had one Tea Party ‘under my belt’ and was ready to move on to another project. The two men who had questioned me about FairTax the day before motivated me to find out what it was about. It didn’t take long for me to jump in with both feet because it dawned on me that this might be the thing that saves our country. Saves it from bankruptcy and saves We the People from the chains of taxation…

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Added by Miki Booth on July 15, 2011 at 11:18am — No Comments

Ways and Means to hold FairTax hearing

Tuesday, July 26th, 2011

Congressman David Camp will be holding a formal hearing on H.R. 25 (The FairTax) in his House Ways & Means Committee in Washington. Governor Mike Huckabee & other FairTax experts will…

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Added by Steve Bang on July 6, 2011 at 10:27am — No Comments