I have thought a lot about what has happened to this country over the past few weeks and I have come to the conclusion that The Fair Tax is the answer to get us out of this economic crisis.  The FairTax would eliminate the capital gains taxes and income taxes and would allow the people to keep more of their money and use that money to re-invest in America.  Billions of dollars that has has been tax sheltered off of the shores of the United States would come back to work for our economy.  It is a pay as you go system that reaches every consumer in this country regardless of social class or country of origin.

Just take a look at your most recent paycheck and think what you could do with the money that you are sending to the government every pay period.  There is also a prebate that would come back to every family to cover the necessities of life.  Here is a FairTax calculator so that you can see how this game changing tax plan would impact your life.

The only way John McCain is going to win this election to come up with a dramatic plan to fix this economy and I submit to you that The Fair Tax is the answer! Here are some details about the Fair Tax:

What is the FairTax plan?

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, dollar-for-dollar federal revenue neutrality, and, through companion legislation, the repeal of the 16th Amendment.

The FairTax Act (HR 25, S 1025) is nonpartisan legislation. It abolishes all federal personal and corporate income taxes, gift, estate, capital gains, alternative minimum, Social Security, Medicare, and self-employment taxes and replaces them with one simple, visible, federal retail sales tax  administered primarily by existing state sales tax authorities.

The FairTax taxes us only on what we choose to spend on new goods or services, not on what we earn. The FairTax is a fair, efficient, transparent, and intelligent solution to the frustration and inequity of our current tax system.

The FairTax:

• Enables workers to keep their entire paychecks
• Enables retirees to keep their entire pensions
• Refunds in advance the tax on purchases of basic necessities
• Allows American products to compete fairly
• Brings transparency and accountability to tax policy
• Ensures Social Security and Medicare funding
• Closes all loopholes and brings fairness to taxation
• Abolishes the IRS
• The Fair Tax
• FairTax The Truth: Answering the Critics

New Presidential Candidate… It’s someone we know!

There’s an effort to elect an unknown random person as President… and it’s someone we know! Watch this online video about the surprising new nominee:

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I started this blog in the summer of 2007 as a way for me to comment on things that I am interested in from time to time. It is my primary means of helping my school board constituents know how I feel on education related and other political issues.

I also want this to be a forum from which I can tell people about my faith and celebrate what Jesus did and continues to do in my life. Thanks to everybody who has stopped by. I have really enjoyed having this vehicle to comment on a wide variety of topics and look forward to the continued debate!

Today at Oak Leaf Church we began a new series on religions of the world. We started with Mormonism and Michael did a great job going through the history and the founding documents of this faith.  The religion was started by Joseph Smith in 1830 and was expanded by Brigham Young in Utah after the Mormon’s were forced to relocate after violence broke out in Illinois due to the practice of polygamy.

The biggest problems I see with this faith as a Christian is that they add to the Bible with a supplemental text called The Book Of Mormon.  This faith also places an unusually high priority of works as the primary method of ascending into heaven which may entitle the believer to become a demi-god. The real growth for this faith came after the U.S. government outlawed polygamy and the Mormon church was able to reinvent itself into a version that would be more palatable to the masses who have been exposed to Christianity. The Book Of Mormon has been revised over 4,000 times from the original text that was “given” to Joseph Smith.

There are a lot of inconsistencies with Mormonism and the Bible which they purport to believe in.  One major difference is that Mormons are polytheistic and they also believe that Jesus was only “one” of God’s sons.  They also believe that works can escalate the believer to the status of presiding over their own planet in the afterlife.  They believe that a council of God’s created the earth and that the fall of Adam and Eve was actually a positive because that would enable them to become God’s themselves.  They also believe that are some sins for which the blood of Jesus cannot atone for.  These are just a few of the theological tenants of Mormonism that are in complete conflict with the teachings of the Bible and Jesus Christ.

The Myth of Mormonism is that it is being actively marketed to people around the world as just another denomination in the Christian faith.  People are being lulled into believing that by works alone they came be saved and enter into a position of deity based upon their accomplishments in this life.  Mormonism is not nor will it ever be Christianity!  There is only ONE GOD and he alone was the breather of life into this world.  Michael reminded us today of John 14:6 in which Jesus said:

I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

We need to stand at the Fountain of Truth and make sure that people choose REAL salvation only provided through the perfect cleansing blood of Jesus Christ.  The world believes this to be a narrow view but God designed this plan and I embrace HIS redemptive plan of  in my life!  The truth is that Jesus is the ONLY way to salvation and I invite anyone who reads this to seek God’s plan for truth in your own life!

Are you people prepared to have a socialist in the White House? This really needs to sink into your heads. Starting January 20th, you can begin to celebrate a new relationship with your federal government … a federal government that will have more say in how you live your life. It’s hard to believe that our government can grow even bigger than it is today. The fact of the matter is that it will. With Barack Obama as president of the United States, you can rest assured that the government will have more of a say in your healthcare, your retirement, your savings, your taxes, your spending, your children’s education, and that’s just the beginning.

The reality is that most Americans are okay with this … they see nothing wrong with it. After all, it is government that makes this country great, right? And it is a president that is going to go to Washington and solve all of your problems. Right?

Re-Posted from boortz.com

The biggest problem with the current economic crisis is that we have had a complete breakdown in leadership in this country. In a time when Americans expect to see our leaders work together to find solutions, we just see more political rhetoric that produces no results. This applies to both parties, the president and our current presidential nominees.

All of these individuals have failed to adequetely address and explain the problem in a way that the American people can understand it.  I have been very disapointed in all of these people and it makes me wonder what has happened to this country.  In WWII this nation came together to do some amazing things. People sacrificed, leaders led and we were able to mobilze this country like never before. We have a current crop of political leaders who care more about power and sound bites than the success of America.

There is a small part of me that almost wonders if letting the whole thing fall apart might not be what is in the best interest of this nation.  The financial cost may be staggering (personally I would lose as well) but this dramatic failue might be the only way to save this countries soul.  We need to fill this leadership vaccum and put this nation first over political parties again.

Come to Oak Leaf the next 5 weeks to learn more about religions of the world! The messages will also be available online. The link is on the blog under Oak Leaf links!

Today at Oak Leaf we learned about the paralyzed man whose friends brought him to see Jesus. This is a story about faith in action and is a model of how all Christians should be especially to those that we love, work with and care about. Many of us have good intentions but we fail to act or respond to the movement of Christ in our heart for others. I am guilty of this in my own life and I am going to make a more intentional effort to invite those that I come into contact with.

Over the past few months I have spent a lot of time commenting on this years presidential election and the implications it will have for our country. I am a proud conservative Republican and I believe Sen. McCain to be the best option for America among our available choices. One of the points of the sermon today was that Jesus is the last best hope for all people not the political process I engage in so frequently.

We get so caught up in the things of this world that we forget that JESUS IS THE HOPE for Mankind. Whatever happens in November I know that I cast my most important vote when I accepted Jesus Christ into my heart. We are all imperfect people with no hope to get clean but through the forgiving grace provided by God through his son Jesus.

For those who are in pain, hurting and searching for greater purpose in this life I can tell you that the answer to those questions will not be found in a candidate or voting booth. Participate in the process because we owe it to our country to be a voice in how this nation moves forward but put you faith in Jesus not in men who can be fallible.

Find a church, Invite a friend to church if you already regularly attend one but Vote For Jesus this year to change yourself and maybe America in the process!

After all of the back and forth through the week the first presidential debate of the season went off as planned at Ole Miss last night. The debate was to focus exclusively on foreign policy but as a result of the economic crisis the first thirty minutes covered the proposed bailout.

Obama continues to try and define keeping the Bush tax cuts as new tax breaks for the wealthy. His plan would provide refundable tax credits to people in the lower tier tax brackets who currently pay no federal tax. This plan in essence is paying people for their political support.

Democrats still fail to understand that “poor” do not employ the “poor”. The best way out of this crisis is to cut corporate tax rates and allow American companies to compete and expand. This means more jobs and more prosperity for all Americans.

Sen. McCain came across much more prepared on matters of national security. Obama looked frustrated and not ready to lead on day one. We cannot afford to have Obama in the White House with a resurgent Russia and Iran on the brink of acquiring nuclear weapons.

Put Country First and vote for John McCain!

There is a poll out from CNN that indicates that Americans 2 to 1 place blame with Republicans on our current economic crisis. First of all both parties and the President have to step up and take responsibility for this mess. We also need to cast blame at some Americans who purchased homes that they could not afford.

People need to know however that the Democrats pushed the government and Freddie Mac & Fannie Mae to lend to people who could not meet traditional lending standards. Sen. John McCain proposed a bill that would have increased regulation on Freddie and Fannie and the Democrats killed it on a party line vote.

There is plenty of blame to go around but the notion that Republicans are more to blame goes against the facts of this story. As a community organizer Barrack Obama worked for ACORN a group pushing Freddie & Fannie to make the bad loans.

John McCain is the only choice Americans have to keep this country from sliding any closer to the Socialist agenda that is being outlined by Sen. Obama.

UPDATE: ACORN is also being investigated for voter fraud in Seminole County Florida for work in conjunction with the Obama campaign