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To learn about The Fair Tax, read/view the following, in order:

Thumbnail Sketch of The Fair Tax

Sham of Corporate Taxes by Thomas Wright

The Plan to Kill K Street by George Will

The Case for the 'Fair Tax' by Laurence J. Kotlikoff

FAQ's

Leo Linbeck's submission to President Bush's Tax Panel

Plain English Summary of the FAIR TAX Bill

Letter to Federal, State, and Local public servants

The U.S. Constitution on Taxation

Kevin Whitt's video explanation of The Fair Tax and Call to Action - This will be updated as soon as possible

There's no such thing as a Fair Tax by Laurence Vance - These are popular arguments against The Fair Tax Act of 2007 (HR25/S1025), but easily rebutted.

 

“It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather, a tireless, irate minority keen to set brushfires of freedom in the minds of men.” … Samuel Adams

Here's how to make the FAIR TAX, AS WRITTEN, happen:

OPERATION:
 OFF-THE-FENCE

Materials

Postcards (Four to a page, open and print on cardstock)

Flyer or Promo cards (Hand out at events, and to everyone you meet!)

 

Extra Reading

Our FAIR TAX Presentation Source Material

 

Support the FAIR TAX, AS WRITTEN, at ALL levels of government.

The FAIR TAX Plan:

  • Repeals all corporate and individual income taxes, payroll taxes, self-employment taxes, capital gains taxes, estate taxes and gift taxes. ·
  • Imposes a revenue-neutral personal consumption tax on only NEW goods and services at the point of final purchase. Business-to-business transactions, used products, investments, and education costs are NOT subject to the sales tax.
  • Prebates the sales tax on all spending up to the poverty level; the working poor are totally untaxed.
  • Repeals the 16th Amendment.

Ramifications of the FAIR TAX:

  • All your income will be tax-free, regardless of the amount or source (wages, business profits, corporate profits, investment profits, capital gains, social security check, pension check, etc.).
  • The US WILL become the tax haven of the world overnight – literally. ·
  • Business and capital flood into the United States, increasing jobs, and reestablishing the manufacturing base.
  • The prices of U.S. exports become more competitive on the world market as embedded costs of the tax code are gone.
  • Transparency – every buyer of a good or service in the US will be constantly reminded of the cost of government (the sales receipt will expose it).
  • All citizens will have CHOICE as to if, when, and how much tax they pay based on spending habits (no more government confiscation).
  • Citizens will pay no tax on necessities - working poor are TOTALLY UNTAXED
  • Underground economies will now pay their share.
  • Tax base will be HUGE: every person on the face of the earth buying anything at the retail level in the US will be contributing to Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, the Military, etc.
  • No preferential tax treatment.
  • Since 10% of retailers collect 90% of current sales taxes, compliance will be simple and the cost of collection will drop dramatically.
  • Social Security and Medicare are funded and unchanged.
  • Simple, proven, efficient, effective, transparent, inexpensive, constitutional, and voluntary taxing mechanism allows no favoritism (even a second-grader can understand it).
  • Charitable contributions increase as does the purchasing power of the charitably given dollar.
  • The greatest transfer of power back to the people since our country began.  Why?  Because when, where, and how YOU spend your money is largely responsible for determining the direction YOUR country takes. 

 

You cannot have political freedom without economic freedom. - Paraphrase, Milton Friedman

If you value anything more than your freedom, you will lose your freedom and the thing more highly valued (paraphrased), Somerset Maugham.

 

Public servants operate on the “rob Peter to pay Paul” principle, knowing they can always count on the support of Paul. (paraphrased), George Bernard Shaw.

 

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