Fair Tax

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2006-07-24T08:27:00.000-04:00

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FAIRTAX STATUS REPORT

The FairTax movement is going strong my friends, stronger than you might imagine. I can assure you that the FairTax is attracting an ever-increasing degree of attention in Washington. I wish I could share the details, but the wonderful world of politics is such that it is much better to let the people involved spill the beans than to jump the gun by disclosing their interest or involvement ahead of time.
There have been three events in recent months that have really peaked interest among the political class. First was the debut of The FairTax Book on the New York Times Bestseller's list for paperbacks. We're still there ranking very high in the business category. Second was the FairTax rally in Atlanta a few months ago. When we packed a room full of 4,500 people, and then turned another 4,000 away, the shockwaves were felt inside the Beltway the very next day. On the morning after the rally Congressman Linder, who had returned to Washington overnight, was buttonholed by a number of colleagues to explain "just what it was you did there in Atlanta last night."
Last week's Georgia primaries in Georgia also opened some eyes. The FairTax was on the Republican primary ballot in three metropolitan Atlanta counties, and in each county the idea of replacing the income tax with the FairTax was approved by over 85% of the voters. When a reform idea as huge as the FairTax receives that type of an approval rating people, especially politicians, take note.
Another thing happened last week that impressed a number of high-ranking DC political-types. I received about 15 emails from people who told me that they originally had no intention of participating in the primary ... UNTIL, that is, they heard me say that the FairTax was on the ballot. Those emails are now in the hands of some of the most powerful people in Washington.
Simply put --- when you have an issue that (1) sends people to the polls who would otherwise not vote, and (2) gets the support of over 85% of the voters, you have an issue that can drive an election. Politicians know it.
Now ... what's next?

Neal Boortz

End the Death Tax Once and For All

2006-06-05T08:54:00.000-04:00

End the Death Tax Once and For All

[TAKE ACTION NOW]

We are expecting the United States Senate to vote to permanently repeal the Death Tax next week. It is vital that you write your Senators and let them know there is no place for the government to tax individuals their entire life and then seize half of all their assets upon death. If the measure passes, the legislation will go to President Bush’s desk for his signature and will be a major victory for taxpayers to end this onerous and unfair tax once and for all.
Last year, the House of Representatives voted overwhelming to permanently repeal the onerous Death Tax 272-162. More than 40 Democrats joined with Republicans to end this immoral tax for good.
The vote next week will be good for not only taxpayers but also the economy. Small businesses and family farms are forced to sell their properties upon inheritance because the tax bill is so large. As a result, workers are losing their jobs because of the destructive tax. And when that happens, our local economy suffers.
Repeal of the death tax will result in an additional 225,000 jobs a year being created and will work to keep local jobs from being destroyed.
Tell Congress to End the Death Tax once and for all!

FairTax Rally a Great Success

2006-06-02T14:58:00.000-04:00

On May 27th, one of the largest papers in the country, "The Atlanta Journal-Constitution," stated, "...John Linder (R-Ga.) may have birthed a political movement when their Fair Tax Rally, emceed by guys in suits, drew a rock-concert attendance. ..." Click here to participate in this historic movement by contacting the president: http://www.fairtax.org/actionalert.html . Thousands of your fellow FairTaxers have faxed, e-mailed or called the White House to ask President Bush to support enactment of the FairTax. Please join them today, if you have not, and help us raise a national voice of true citizenship in getting our government back on track. Only our combined effort will turn Washington around and replace the income tax with a common sense tax system. Now is the moment for this message to the White House: http://www.fairtax.org/actionalert.html .The FairTax Rally at the Gwinnett Convention Center in Georgia just wasn't big enough for the supporters of the FairTax. 4,500 people filled the seats and the walls within the convention center Wednesday night to show their support for the FairTax! The packed house caused thousands of supporters to be turned away. Fire marshals had to step in, as they had to stop admittance due to fire code capacity. Congressman John Linder addressed the audience and joked about the lack of room for all the supporters, "We're sorry," Linder said. "Next time, we'll get you a bigger building." Herman Cain and our own FairTax Communications Director, Ken Hoagland, had people coming out of their seats as they talked about how to fulfill the Founding Fathers' promise that this can be a government "of, by, and for the people." The passion in the room was electric. The crowd also heard from popular TV and radio personalities such as Sean Hannity, Clark Howard, John Stossel, and Neal Boortz. Boortz went on radio station News/Talk 750 WSB an hour before the show was set to start to tell supporters who were on their way that there was no more room. WSB broadcasted the rally live as thousands of supporters who couldn't get in listened just outside the convention center. Linder informed the crowd that the Speaker of the House, Dennis Hastert (R-IL), has set up a meeting with President Bush for Linder to have an opportunity to pitch the FairTax legislation. Linder acknowledged the large scope of this project. "Big ideas take time," he said. "But we've started to move the country, and they will start to move the Congress." The FairTax grassroots team from the national headquarters office in Houston and the twenty plus volunteers from as far away as the state of Utah worked diligently to keep up with the thousands wanting FairTax T-shirts, DVDs, and all types of FairTax materials. WSB had books going like hotcakes! T-shirts and DVDs were gone within 20 minutes of the doors being opened. The event was truly a grassroots extravaganza. We collected nearly 2000 petitions and nearly 5 percent of those were from out of state. This would not have been possible without your support! Thank you for all that you do! Leo LinbeckChairman/CEOAmericans For Fair Taxation

FairTax Rally

2006-05-12T10:44:00.000-04:00

FairTax Rally

Neal Boortz FairTax Rally to be held May 24th at the Gwinnett Convention Center outside Atlanta. Not only will this rally feature Congressman John Linder, WSB talk show host Neal Boortz, and FOX News star and conservative commentator Sean Hannity, but also FairTax.org leaders will be on hand, as well as FairTax activist and leader Herman Cain.
The goal of this rally, which will be broadcast nationally on Sean Hannity's FOX program, "Hannity & Colmes," is to "kick up" the heat on national leaders to get the FairTax legislation moving. Join us for the this free rally and enjoy history in the making with fellow FairTaxers.
Date: Wednesday, May 24, 2006
Start time: 7:30 p.m.
Who: Neal Boortz
What: Free FairTax Rally
Where: Gwinnett Convention Center
6400 Sugarloaf Parkway
Duluth, Georgia 30097
(800) 224-6422
Directions to Gwinnett Center: http://www.gwinnettcenter.com/pages/header/h_maps.html
Why: Neal Boortz is sick and tired of the IRS! He wants the IRS abolished and replaced with the FairTax!
Joining Neal Boortz at the rally:
Sean Hannity
Georgia Congressman John Linder
Herman Cain
FairTax.org leaders
Consumer advocate Clark Howard
Special musical guests Banks & Shane
There is no charge for this event and tickets are not required.
Please R.S.V.P. for your chance at front row seats to http://bigwinner.cxri.net/Contest.asp?r=10004&s=10732.
Visit Americans For Fair Taxation, www.FairTax.org, to find out more about the FairTax.

SENDING YET ANOTHER MESSAGE

2006-05-11T10:15:00.000-04:00

Yesterday we got the first numbers for sales of the soft cover edition of The FairTax Book. We debuted as No. 3! Now ... a little historical perspective. In the 1950's Nobel Peace Prize winner Elie Weisel's book "Night" debuted as No 1. on the New York Times paperback list. Then in 1966 Truman Capote's "In Cold Blood" debuted as No. 2. Now, in 2006, The FairTax Book debuts as No. 3! This is the highest first week for a paperback in 40 years!

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The message to the political class here is clear. This FairTax idea has legs. It has captured the imagination of a huge segment of the American population. Virtually every single day of every single week there are published letters to the editors of American newspapers from readers pushing the FairTax idea and asking for action. Many politicians are trying to ignore this tax reform idea simply because it transfers much too much power from the political class to the people. It's up to the people to keep the heat on. The FairTax Book is on the shelves at your local book store right now. Go buy a few and help spread the word!

2006-04-18T10:00:00.000-04:00

Fair Tax Book coming out in paperback! Pre Order Now

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The Fair Tax Book : Saying Goodbye to the Income Tax and the IRS (Paperback) by Neal Boortz, John Linder

ability: This title will be released on May 2, 2006. You may order it now and we will ship it to you when it arrives. Ships from and sold by Amazon.com.

Fair Tax has Another Co Sponsor!

2006-03-17T06:05:00.000-05:00

Congressman Tom Feeney (FL-24) contacted Congressman John Linder's office last week and requested that he be added as a co-sponsor of the FairTax. He was included! With the addition of Spencer Bachus (AL-6), John Sullivan (OK-1), Todd Tiahrt (KS-4), Jerry Moran (KS-1), and Tom Feeney all in this calendar year, HR 25 now has 50 co-sponsors. For comparison purposes, you should know that we had only 46 co-sponsors at this same time in the last Congress. Your work is paying off!
We are making progress and, as we head into tax season and the next elections, it is imperative that your support of the FairTax be heard. In a sea of people, it can be difficult to realize the value you have in the political process, but it is significant.
Your support is needed in recruiting others like yourselves. People who believe that the best way to address the ailments of this country's income tax, payroll tax, capital gains tax, unemployment tax, and other taxes under the federal tax system is to replace them all with the FairTax! Click here to send information to others about the FairTax today: http://www.fairtaxvolunteer.org/tell_a_friend/index.html .
In order to pass the FairTax, the membership needs to grow exponentially. To place a quantifiable dimension on the strategy, we need 3000 members (informed, committed, advocates) of the FairTax in each congressional district with 10,000 members in those districts in which there are congressmen or women on the Ways and Means committee. Can you help us do that today? Can you get signed petitions in your neighborhood? Organize a block walk in your area? Speak to local farm groups? Work a booth or a convention and get e-mail sign ups? Please contact us at volunteer@fairtax.org with your city, state, and phone number if you can help today. We will send your e-mail on to local organizers ready and waiting for your support!
National training sessions occurred in nine cities in the last 90 days. In these cities, over 1100 FairTax supporters spent an entire day learning methods and strategies on how to make the FairTax a household word in their communities. Volunteers shared experiences and grouped together to create local strategies. Over 110 new volunteer leaders have emerged from those sessions in NC, SC, GA, FL, TX, OH, and AL. Membership in the last few months has grown by thousands. People are joining. Volunteers are emerging. Growth is strong. Weekly meetings and briefings are occurring all over the state in FL, GA, VA, KS, MO, and OH. Monthly meetings are occurring in multiple locations in many other states.
Jump start the FairTax today in your community. E-mail us at volunteer@fairtax.org . Co-sponsors are signing up. But so much more must be done.
Join us today by sharing the news about the FairTax and the freedom we offer from a tyrannical tax system with your associates, co-workers, friends, and family at http://www.fairtaxvolunteer.org/tell_a_friend/index.html.
Thank you for all that you do!
Leo LinbeckChairman/CEOAmericans For Fair Taxation

News From Fair Tax

2006-03-17T05:58:00.000-05:00

Hello FairTax supporters,

Congressman Tom Feeney (FL-24) contacted Congressman John Linder's office last week and requested that he be added as a co-sponsor of the FairTax. He was included! With the addition of Spencer Bachus (AL-6), John Sullivan (OK-1), Todd Tiahrt (KS-4), Jerry Moran (KS-1), and Tom Feeney all in this calendar year, HR 25 now has 50 co-sponsors. For comparison purposes, you should know that we had only 46 co-sponsors at this same time in the last Congress. Your work is paying off!

We are making progress and, as we head into tax season and the next elections, it is imperative that your support of the FairTax be heard. In a sea of people, it can be difficult to realize the value you have in the political process, but it is significant.

Your support is needed in recruiting others like yourselves. People who believe that the best way to address the ailments of this country's income tax, payroll tax, capital gains tax, unemployment tax, and other taxes under the federal tax system is to replace them all with the FairTax! Click here to send information to others about the FairTax today: http://www.fairtaxvolunteer.org/tell_a_friend/index.html .

In order to pass the FairTax, the membership needs to grow exponentially. To place a quantifiable dimension on the strategy, we need 3000 members (informed, committed, advocates) of the FairTax in each congressional district with 10,000 members in those districts in which there are congressmen or women on the Ways and Means committee. Can you help us do that today? Can you get signed petitions in your neighborhood? Organize a block walk in your area? Speak to local farm groups? Work a booth or a convention and get e-mail sign ups? Please contact us at volunteer@fairtax.org with your city, state, and phone number if you can help today. We will send your e-mail on to local organizers ready and waiting for your support!

National training sessions occurred in nine cities in the last 90 days. In these cities, over 1100 FairTax supporters spent an entire day learning methods and strategies on how to make the FairTax a household word in their communities. Volunteers shared experiences and grouped together to create local strategies. Over 110 new volunteer leaders have emerged from those sessions in NC, SC, GA, FL, TX, OH, and AL. Membership in the last few months has grown by thousands. People are joining. Volunteers are emerging. Growth is strong. Weekly meetings and briefings are occurring all over the state in FL, GA, VA, KS, MO, and OH. Monthly meetings are occurring in multiple locations in many other states.

Jump start the FairTax today in your community. E-mail us at volunteer@fairtax.org . Co-sponsors are signing up. But so much more must be done.

Join us today by sharing the news about the FairTax and the freedom we offer from a tyrannical tax system with your associates, co-workers, friends, and family at http://www.fairtaxvolunteer.org/tell_a_friend/index.html.

Thank you for all that you do!

Leo Linbeck
Chairman/CEO
Americans For Fair Taxation

Seal of the United States Taxpayer announced today.

2006-01-06T11:32:00.000-05:00

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Description of the USTP Seal

The Seal of the United States Taxpayer symbology begins with a Federal Eagle. The Federal Eagle represents the individual taxpayer. The moneybag the Eagle is looking toward represents the tax dollars, federal, state and local you pay. The ribbon banner statement in Latin "E pluribus unum" translates to "From many, one" or "Out of many", one. The All-Seeing Eye on the breast plate represents, all US Taxpayers collectively watching the government at all levels and staying aware of tax appropriations. The Eagle looks toward and holds in its right talon an olive branch, representing peace and cooperation. The Eagle holds arrows in its left talon representing a strong defense of its rights.

FAIRTAX ACTION ALERT

2005-12-02T06:18:00.000-05:00

ACTION: Please e-mail letters, fax communications and call the Secretary of the Treasury office to support the FairTax.

It is important that you communicate to Treasury Secretary John Snow in the next 48 hours your support of the FairTax.

Background: The President's Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform recently tried to bury the FairTax by using false assumptions and inaccurate research. Their findings, however, have been almost universally condemned as a failure of vision and a continuation of the Washington insider's game. Secretary Snow now must provide his best advice to President Bush on how to reform the federal income tax system. FairTax advocates must now organize the most massive outpouring of taxpayer communications to express your anger over the failure of the Panel to recommend any fundamental change to the dysfunctional federal income tax system.

Your Communications should cite these Reasons to Support the FairTax in your own words:

1. The President should support HR 25 and help enact the FairTax for the good of the nation. The President's Tax Advisory Panel ignored multi-million dollar research and misstated the effects of the FairTax in order to protect the status quo.
2. President Bush charged the Tax Advisory Panel with recommending a plan to promote simplicity, fairness, and transparency. Instead, the Panel merely tinkered with the current complex and confusing tax code, making it even more complex. Not one serious economist could be found to endorse the current system while many highly regarded economists support the FairTax.
3. The Tax Panel's recommendations benefit lobbyists, law firms, and tax advisors and not the American people. The Panel essentially endorsed the current failed system and there was no effort to analyze the FairTax.
4. The FairTax replaces all federal income and payroll taxes with a revenue neutral, 23% national sales tax.
5. The FairTax is fair because it:
a. Has No exceptions, No exclusions = No loopholes
b. Untaxes the poor through a prebate
c. Enables workers and retirees to keep 100% of their paychecks
d. Encourages greater savings, investment, job creation, productivity, and economic growth
e. Increases taxpayer compliance while reducing compliance costs
f. Eliminates the stifling bureaucracy of the IRS
6. The FairTax has strong and growing support among the public because it replaces a broken and destructive tax system with a simple, transparent, and fair retail sales tax that is good for all Americans.
7. The Treasury Department should offer alternatives to the President which include the FairTax since only the FairTax reflects the will of the American people and the principles that President Bush defined as the basis for true tax reform.

Send your letter to:

Honorable John Snow,
Secretary of the Treasury
E-mail: john.snow@do.treas.gov
FAX number: 202-622-0073
Phone number: 202-622-1100

Please open with: Dear Secretary Snow

Please Enlist the Help of Friends, Colleagues and Concerned Citizens Now for This Effort. Now is the Moment for FairTax Advocates to be Heard at the Highest Levels of our Government.

Similar Correspondence Should be Sent to Your Senators and Representatives Urging them to Write Secretary Snow to Reject the Panel's Recommendations and Offer the White House Alternatives that Represent True Reform.

Senators Information Page-Has phone numbers and email addresses

Disaster For The Entire US

2005-09-01T06:31:00.000-04:00

Thoughts and prayers are with our fellow Americans suffering throught this natural disaster.

If you would like to donate The American Red Cross

Time Warner has stepped up to the plate with a generous donation.

Sales of Boortz book spike as interest in fair tax increases

2005-08-23T07:28:00.000-04:00

"The self-proclaimed High Priest of the Church of the Painful Truth is power-walking through Concourse B at an impressive pace for a man limping on a recuperating knee. He's on a scouting mission: Are shops at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport stocking his latest book?

Is he curious? In need of an ego boost?"

By MATT KEMPNER
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 08/20/05

Read it here

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Fair Tax Book is Number 1!

2005-08-17T08:17:00.000-04:00

NY Times Best Seller List

2005-08-15T06:18:00.000-04:00

1 THE FAIRTAX BOOK, by Neal Boortz and John Linder. (ReganBooks/HarperCollins, $24.95.) A radio talk show host and a United States congressman call for the abolishment of the federal income tax and the I.R.S.

The FairTax Book will debut at No. 1 on the New York Times non-fiction bestseller's list.

2005-08-11T08:02:00.000-04:00

The FairTax Book will debut at No. 1 on the New York Times non-fiction bestseller's list as of Sunday 8/14/05!!!!

Contacting the Congress

2005-08-10T10:01:00.000-04:00

From Boortz.com

"Start the phone calls and faxes. Get the emails flowing. [contact your Congressman] Spread the word. Show up at your congressman or senator's community meetings. Do it week after week. Be relentless ... and recruit the relentless. This can be done. Difficult? You bet, but possible. The Berlin Wall fell, didn't it? The Soviet Union is no more. This fight is easier, but will be lost if we don't actually join the battle."

Neil Boortz 8/10/2005

Contacting the Congress is a very up-to-date database of congressional contact information for the 109th Congress. As of August 9, 2005 there are 538 email addresses (of which 471 are Web-based email homepages), and 540 WWW homepages known for the 540 members of the 109th Congress. More traditional ground mail addresses are available for all Congressmembers.

Fair Tax Book by Neil Boortz Now Available

2005-08-05T12:19:00.000-04:00

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Fair Tax Talking Points

2005-07-27T10:44:00.000-04:00

FairTax Volunteer - FAQ 1

Concepts:
tax, Fairtax, taxes, FAQ Index, economy, sales tax, consumption, income, pay, revenue, goods, funds, prices, plan, rebate.

Summary:

The FairTax is a single-rate, federal sales tax collected only once, at the final point of purchase of new goods and services for personal consumption.

Business-to-business purchases for the production of goods and services are not taxed.

It replaces federal income taxes including, personal, estate, gift, capital gains, alternative minimum, Social Security, Medicare, self-employment, and corporate taxes.

All valid Social Security cardholders who are U.S. residents receive a monthly rebate equivalent to the FairTax paid on essential goods and services, also known as the poverty level expenditures.

The rebate is paid in advance, in equal installments each month.

The size of the rebate is determined by the Department of Health & Human Services' poverty level multiplied by the tax rate.

This is a well-accepted, long-used poverty-level calculation that includes food, clothing, shelter, transportation, medical care, etc. See chart in Figure 1 below.

Why not just exempt food and medicine from the tax?

Exempting items by category is neither fair nor simple.

Respected economists have shown that the wealthy spend much more on unprepared food, clothing, housing, and medical care than do the poor.

Exempting these goods, as many state sales taxes do, actually gives the wealthy a disproportionate benefit.

Also, today these purchases are not exempted from federal taxation.

The purchase of food, clothing, and medical services is made from after income tax and after payroll tax dollars, while their purchase price hides the cost of corporate taxes and private sector compliance costs.

Finally, exempting one product or service, but not another, opens the door to the army of lobbyists and special interest groups that plague and distort our taxation system today.

Those who have the money will send their lobbyists to Washington to obtain special tax breaks in their own self-interest.

This process causes unfair and inefficient distortions in our economy and must be stopped.

Is the 23% FairTax higher or lower when compared to the income taxes people pay today?

Most people are paying that much or more today much of it is just hidden from view.

The income tax bracket most people fall into is 15 percent, and all wage earners pay 7.65 percent in payroll taxes.

That's 23 percent right there, without taking into account the 7.65 percent employer matching!

On top of that, you have to add in all of the hidden taxes embedded in the price of everything you buy, from goods (averaging 22 percent) to services (averaging 25 percent).

Effective tax rates vs. stated tax rates Because the 23-percent FairTax would not be imposed on necessities, an individual spending $28,808 would pay an effective tax rate of only 15.6 percent, not 23 percent.

That same individual will pay 17.3 percent of his or her income to federal taxes under current law.

Does the FairTax rate need to be much higher to be revenue neutral?

The proper tax rate has been carefully worked out; 23 percent does the job of: (1) raising the same amount of federal funds as are raised by the current system, (2) paying the universal rebate, and (3) paying the collection fees to retailers and state governments.

Unlike some other proposals, this rate has been independently confirmed by several different, non-partisan institutions across the country.

How is the Social Security system affected?

Like all federal spending programs, Social Security operates exactly as it does today, except that its funds come from a broad, progressive sales tax, rather than a narrow, regressive payroll tax.

Employers will continue to report wages for each employee, though, to the Social Security Administration for the determination of benefits.

The transition to a reformed Social Security system will be eased while ensuring there is sufficient funding to continue promised benefits.

How does the FairTax affect Social Security reform?

The FairTax.org plan does not change Social Security benefits or the structure of the Social Security system.

All it does is replace the current revenue source (narrow, regressive payroll taxes) with a new revenue source (broad, progressive sales taxes paid by all consumers).

The income tax is holding us back and making it more difficult than it needs to be to improve our families' standard of living.

Every household receives a rebate that is equal to the FairTax paid on essential goods and services, and wage earners are no longer subject to the most regressive and burdensome tax of all, the payroll tax.

Breadwinners in these families are more likely to lose their jobs, are less likely to have the resources to weather bad economic times, and are more in need of the initial employment opportunities that a dynamic, growing economy provides.

In contrast, this same couple, if they earn $40,000 in wages today under the income tax, pays $3,060 in payroll taxes and $2,945 in income taxes for a total of $6,005 in taxes (15.0 percent).

In addition, their employer pays another $3,060 in payroll taxes.

This makes it less likely that federal budget pressures require Medicare or Social Security benefit cuts.

Additionally, some erroneously believe that people who have invested in Roth IRAs will never pay taxes on this money again.

They may not know it, but with corporate income taxes, they are paying hidden taxes averaging 22 percent (for goods) to 25 percent (for services) on everything they buy.

Under the FairTax, they break even from the very beginning because they only pay $0.23 out of every dollar they choose to spend on new goods and services, rather than anywhere from 20 to 30 percent in hidden taxes through their lifestyle choices.

When corporate income taxes are repealed, pre-tax prices can come down an average of 22 percent for goods and 25 percent for services according to Dale Jorgenson, Ph.D., former chairman of the Harvard University Economics Department.

Furthermore, used goods are not taxed because they have already been taxed once when they were new.

Therefore senior citizens, like all Americans, do not lose purchasing power, but gain it instead.

Seniors receive a monthly rebate so they don't pay taxes on the purchase of necessities.

Savings invested in any long-term, income-generating asset such as a stock, real estate, or a long-term bond that can't be called, will increase substantially in value.

Finally, complex estate planning is an artifact of an earlier age.

How much do pre-tax prices for goods and services go down under the FairTax?

All goods and services already contain the embedded costs of the current tax system in their prices.

When these embedded taxes are removed, prices come down.

Dale Jorgenson, Ph.D., former chairman of the Economics Department at Harvard University, has projected an average producer price reduction of 22 percent for goods and services in just the first year after the adoption of the FairTax.

In addition, the FairTax lowers compliance costs by an estimated 95 percent and the removal of these costs will force prices down even lower.

Should the government tax medicine and health care?

Because federal income and payroll taxes are embedded in the price of everything you buy, you are already paying federal taxes on the drugs and other health care services that you buy today they are just hidden.

After passage of the FairTax, prices (even including the FairTax) may not go up at all.

Harvard economist Dale Jorgenson estimates that the pre-tax prices of services will decline by 25 percent because of the repeal of the income tax.

Service providers are not exempt from the income tax today, and should not be exempt from the FairTax.

Services now account for well over one-half of the gross domestic product (GDP).

Neither consumption of services nor consumption of goods should be tax preferred.

Competition, not politics, should determine what goods and services cost.

How does the FairTax affect income tax preparers, accountants, and many government employees?

There will, of course, still be some people who are involved in sales tax return preparation and sales tax administration under the FairTax, but many fewer than those involved with the income tax today.

The projected 10.5 percent growth in the economy during the first year of the FairTax will provide plenty of new jobs.

Surely these valuable labor and capital resources can be employed more productively - for example, in following the money trails left by terrorist, drug, and other criminal enterprises, rather than in tracking every American wage earner.

Under the FairTax, home ownership is a possibility for many who have never had that option under the income tax system.

For all of the money that pours into churches every Sunday and into a broad range of charities every day, only the 30 percent who itemize get any tax benefit.

A corporate tax only makes what the working poor buy more expensive, costs them jobs, lowers their lifestyle, or delays their retirement.

They withhold income and payroll taxes from their employees.

Moreover, the vast majority of retail businesses operating in states with a sales tax (45 states currently use a sales tax) are already sales tax collectors.

Under the FairTax, retailers are paid a fee equal to one-quarter of one percent of federal sales tax they collect and remit.

In addition, of course, retailers no longer bear the cost of complying with the income tax, including the uniform capitalization requirements, the various depreciation schemes, and the various employee benefit and pension rules.

Finally, because of the economic growth resulting from the aggregate, beneficial effects of dramatically lower income tax compliance costs and no payroll or income taxes, customers will have substantially more money - the greatest influence on retail sales - and a reasonable fee for collecting the FairTax, all ensure that retailers will do quite well.

With the penalty for working harder and producing more removed, Americans are free to keep every dollar they earn, and a new era of economic growth and job creation is unleashed.

As U.S. companies and individuals repatriate, on a tax-free basis, income generated overseas, huge amounts of new capital flood into the United States.

That is why taxable bonds bear a higher interest rate than tax-exempt bonds.

Second, under the current system, savings and investments are taxed.

As Americans save more money, the pool of funds in lending institutions grows.

Does the FairTax improve compliance and reduce evasion when compared to the current income tax?

The old aphorism that nothing is certain except death and taxes should be modified to include tax evasion.

Tax evasion is chronic under any system so complex as to be incomprehensible.

As a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP), tax evasion is beyond 2.0 percent, compared to 1.6 percent in 1991.

Tax evasion continues to be in the range of one quarter of income taxes collected.

Almost 40 percent of the public, according to the IRS, is out of compliance with the present tax system, mostly unintentionally due to the enormous complexity of the present system.

These IRS figures do not include taxes lost on illegal sources of income with a criminal economy estimated at a trillion dollars.

All this, despite a major enforcement effort and assessment of tens of millions of civil penalties on American taxpayers in an effort to force compliance with the tax system.

Disrespect for the tax system and the law has reached dangerous levels and makes a system based on taxpayer self-assessment less and less viable.

The FairTax reduces rather than increases the problem of tax evasion.

The increased fairness, transparency, and legitimacy of the system will induce more compliance.

The roughly 90-percent reduction in filers enables tax administrators more narrowly and effectively to address non-compliance and increases the likelihood of tax evasion discovery.

The relative simplicity of the FairTax promotes compliance.

Businesses need answer only one question to determine the tax due: How much was sold to consumers?

Finally, because tax rates decrease, tax evasion is less profitable; and because of the dramatic reduction in the number of tax filers, tax evaders will be more easily monitored and caught under the FairTax system.

Can the FairTax really be passed into law?

Do women have the right to vote in this country?

Do Blacks enjoy freedoms far beyond the lunch counter and mass transit?

Do free-market economies dominate Eastern Europe, peoples once under the boot of communism?

All these were grassroots efforts that effected significant changes in our nation and the world.

Passing the original 16th Amendment and the income tax wasn't easy and repealing the income tax and the 16th Amendment won't be easy either.

That is why the FairTax has undertaken to build a grassroots movement and grassroots alliances to support the effort.

Many civilizations in history have relied solely on transaction-based consumption taxes: A percentage of a grain shipment in exchange for a safe harbor.

These taxes were used to support despots, eventually collapsed the economies in which they were applied, and sundered civil rights.

The sales tax is a familiar tax, being a major source of revenue in 45 states and the District of Columbia.

It is true, however, that no post-industrial nation, until now, has ever repealed its income tax and replaced it with a federal retail sales tax.

However, England did repeal its detested income tax upon the defeat of Napoleon and enjoyed the fastest, longest expansion of its economy in its long history.

No other country has a system of government like ours, and no other country has led the world in so many fields as ours.

It was France and Germany that forced the imposition of a VAT in addition to income taxes across the European Community.

The flat tax and the FairTax share some important similarities.

While this is a simple postcard, the record keeping required to fill in the blanks is still long and burdensome.

Congress has tried to reform the income tax again and again, with the result being greater complexity and, generally, higher rates.

Can Congress just simply raise the rate once the FairTax is passed into law?

Yes, of course Congress can raise the FairTax rate just as it could raise the flat tax rate or can and does raise the income tax rate.

No current supporter of the FairTax would support the FairTax unless the entire income tax is repealed.

Moreover, concurrent with the repeal of the income tax, a constitutional amendment repealing the 16th Amendment and prohibiting an income tax will be pushed through Congress for ratification by the states.

Its supporters need only have one common belief: That it is a fairer, simpler, more efficient way to raise federal revenue.

The FairTax plan is devised to be revenue neutral for the first year of operation.

When income tax rates are quoted, economists call that a tax-inclusive quote: "I paid 23 percent last year."

If that were the case, for $100 one earned, $23 went to Uncle Sam.

Or, "I had to make $130 to have $100 to spend."

We choose to compare the FairTax to income taxes, quoting the rate the same way, because the FairTax replaces such taxes.

Sales taxes, on the other hand, are generally quoted tax-exclusive: "I bought a $77 shirt and had to pay that same $23 in sales tax.

Or, "I spent a dollar, 77¢ for the product and 23¢ in tax."

This rate, when programmed into a point-of-purchase terminal, is 30 percent.

Note that no matter which way it is quoted, the amount of tax is the same.

Under an income tax rate of 23 percent, you have to earn $130 to spend $100.

Spend that same $100 under a sales tax, you pay that same $30, and the rate is quoted as 30 percent.

Perhaps the biggest difference between the two is under the income tax, controlling the amount of tax you pay is a complex nightmare.

Under the FairTax, you may simply choose not to spend, or to spend less.

The poor actually pay less than zero-percent retail sales tax on their spending.

Much like with the earned income tax credit of today, the rebate may give them more money than they actually spend on retail taxes.

Especially if they are frugal and buy mostly used products.

On the other hand, the wealthy approach a maximum of 23-percent retail sales tax on their spending.

The FairTax is a non-partisan proposal (HR 25/S 1493) that abolishes all federal income taxes, including personal, estate, gift, capital gains, alternative minimum, corporate, Social Security, other payroll, and self-employment taxes, and replaces them all with one simple, visible, federal retail sales tax.

The FairTax dramatically changes the basis for taxation by eliminating the root of the problem: Taxing income.

The FairTax taxes us only on what we choose to spend, not on what we earn.

It does not raise any more or less revenue; it is designed to be revenue neutral.

The FairTax is a fair, efficient, and intelligent solution to the frustration and inequity of our current tax system.

FairTax.org is a non-profit, non-partisan, grassroots organization dedicated to replacing the current tax system.

The organization has hundreds of thousands of members and volunteers nationwide.

Its plan supports sound economic research, education of citizens and community leaders, and grassroots mobilization efforts.

For more information visit the web page, www.fairtax.org, or call 1-800-FAIRTAX.

Fair Tax Book now Available on Amazon!

2005-07-19T08:52:00.000-04:00

If this doesn't get your attention, then I give up!

"Americans take home their whole paychecks.
Not only do more Americans have jobs, but they also take home 100 percent of their paychecks (except where state income taxes apply). No federal income taxes or payroll taxes are withheld from paychecks, pensions, or Social Security checks. "

A new book about the Fair Tax initative is be released August 2, 2005.. The Congressman that co-authored the book is John Linder from Georgia.

John says "I am the primary sponsor of the FairTax, legislation that will repeal all corporate and individual income taxes, payroll taxes, self-employment taxes, capital gains taxes, estate taxes and gift taxes - and replace it with a revenue-neutral personal consumption tax. The FairTax is one of the most exciting proposals to ever reach the American people. I would encourage everyone to review the FairTax, as it is only 132 pages, which stands in stark contrast to the more than 50,000 pages of tax code laws and regulations currently in effect."

Book Description

Wouldn't you love to abolish the IRS . . . Keep all the money in your paycheck . . . Pay taxes on what you spend, not what you earn . . . And eliminate all the fraud, hassle, and waste of our current system?
Then the FairTax is for you. In the face of the outlandish American tax burden, talk-radio firebrand Neal Boortz and Congressman John Linder are leading the charge to phase out our current, unfair system and enact the FairTax Plan -- replacing the federal income tax and withholding system with a simple 23 percent retail sales tax. This dramatic revision of the current system, which would eliminate the reviled IRS, has already caught fire in the American heartland, with more than 600,000 taxpayers signing on in support of the plan.
As Boortz and Linder reveal in this first book on the FairTax, this radical but eminently sensible plan would end the annual national nightmare of filing income tax returns, while at the same time enlarging the federal tax base by collecting sales tax from every retail consumer in the country. The FairTax, they argue, would transform the fearsome bureaucracy of the IRS into a more transparent, accountable -- and equitable -- tax collection system. Endorsed by scores of leading economists -- and supported by a huge and growing grassroots movement -- the Fair Tax Plan could revolutionize the way America pays for itself.

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Nice Self Esteem Site

2005-05-09T09:24:00.000-04:00

I think this site is especially good for teenagers.

http://www.higherselfesteem101.com/

"First thing every morning before you arise say out loud,
"I believe," three times." - Norman Vincent Peale

"Never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. People will take you very much at your own reckoning."

- Anthony Trollope

Self Esteem Tip

Do something nice for another person. Smile at someone who looks sad. Say a few kind words to the check-out cashier. Help your spouse with an unpleasant chore. Take a meal to a friend who is sick. Send a card to an acquaintance. Volunteer for a worthy organization.