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Ron Deval - boomer, ecologist, humanist, peacenik, political agnostic and unapologetically Canadian - has a surprise for fans of all causes liberal. Reliably left on most issues, Deval is nonetheless passionate about a tax revolution whose growing army is populated largely by conservatives and libertarians. Describing himself as an "advocate of things that favor humanity," Deval is, in short, a Fair Tax maniac. Encouragingly, the Land O' Lakes man is not just another guy with an opinion and a couple of Web sites. He can navigate a spread sheet. After about 20 years designing programs that helped wealthy clients of...

The FairTax was on the primary ballots in three Georgia counties yesterday. I have the results of the voting! Here you go. Gwinnett County: Total Votes: 35,755 Yes - 31,068. 86.9% No - 4,687 13.1% Cobb County: Total votes: 39,458 Yes - 33,598. 85.15% No - 5,860. 14.85% Fayette County: Total votes: 11,517 Yes - 9,828. 85.33% No - 1,689. 14.67% According to Boortz the results of this vote will be personally handed to President Bush today via a Washington insider. The purpose of which is to convey the FACT that there is great support for this solution to current...

James thought you might be interested in this video on Yahoo! Video: Chuck Anher Fairtax CandidateJames added this message: You need to watch this video. It proves that the Fairtax is picking up steam.

FairTax Strikes Back - Introduction On April 8, 2003 I wrote my first article on the FairTax proposal. The article FairTax - Income Taxes vs. Sales Taxes detailed the costs and benefits of moving from a system of income taxes to a system of sales taxes. In the article I concluded that "[the]FairTax is an interesting proposal which is unlikely to ever be implemented." The response I received to this article was overwhelming. I've gotten hundreds and hundreds of e-mails on the article, every last one of them from a FairTax supporter. While many of the supporters had something negative...

Sticking to the facts on how we're taxed T.M. Sell [SNIP] The richest Americans do not pay 59 percent of total taxes, and nobody pays nothing. Every American pays consumption taxes, such as sales tax and excise taxes, and every working American pays what are called payroll taxes.... Those taxes take a higher chunk of poor people's income than rich people's, if only because the Social Security tax is applied only to the first $87,000 of each person's income. The personal income tax is called graduated, because the more you make, the more you pay. But the top rate is...

FairTax Rally and a special invitation to you You are invited as special guests and participants to the 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...

In Congress today is a tax reform bill called “The FairTax.” I want to tell you a little about it and then tell you why it is important for the immigration debate. The FairTax would institute a national retail sales tax and eliminate the personal income tax, the payroll tax, and the taxes hidden in business but paid by the consumer. It replaces all of these taxes with a 23% tax on personal consumption, meaning that out of every dollar spent by consumers, 23 cents will go to the tax man and 77 cents will go to the merchant. This...

[Note: this is from Nealz Nuze for today. Neal also has a poll about this. Follow this link to participate.] We're working on it. The idea started with a simple book signing for the Atlanta area after the release of the soft-cover edition of The Fair Tax Book. Then we started talking about a venue. Where we we go? A book store? Shopping mall? All the while I have people emailing me begging for some large FairTax rally somewhere. Frankly, I've been reluctant to endorse the idea of trying to have a large rally. When you have 1000 people crowd...

Americans for Fair Taxation Educational and Networking Conferences It was my pleasure to attend an AFFT Educational and Networking Conference in Jacksonville, Florida on Saturday, January 21st, along with about 300 enthusiastic FairTax supporters. The cost was $10.00 per person to cover lunch and handout materials, which included a nicely done FairTax Volunteer Manual and a Florida Congressional Contact sp;readsheet. Hosted by David Allen, a local talk show host and ardent FairTax supporter, the meeting was focused on grassroots organizing and creating effective citizen action teams to move the FairTax issue forward in Jacksonville and the state of Florida. Following...

FairTax promoters are all over the Lake Region. They've shown up at recent Rotary meetings, and at the Keystone Lake Area Business Association. Another FairTax speaker hits the Republican Club next Monday night. The FairTax's first and biggest proponent is Americans For Fair Taxation, which introduced legislation currently before Congress, H.R. 25 and S.25. A number of economists listed on the AFFT's Web site also support the FairTax. Oddly, however, none of them are from the big gorillas of economics schools: Harvard, Yale, MIT, The Wharton School and Stanford University. More popularly visible is "The FairTax Book; Saying Goodbye to...

<p>One of General Motors key parts suppliers, Delphi Corporation, filed for bankruptcy on October 8th and has sought wage concessions from its Unions to lower the average wage from $27/hour to as low as $12/hour. Wage pressure comes primarily from the low almost slave like wages paid in foreign countries to their workers and those foreign countries being able to export their cheap goods to the U.S. This high cost of wage argument has been a consistent problem and call by American Manufacturers that are trying to compete in a global marketplace as well as compete within the American Marketplace.</p>

Would the FairTax Raise or Lower Marginal and Average Tax Rates   Laurence J. Kotlikoff, David RapsonNBER Working Paper No. 11831Issued in December 2005NBER Program(s):   PE ---- Abstract -----This paper compares marginal and average tax rates on working and saving under our current federal tax system with those that would arise under a federal retail sales tax, specifically the FairTax. The FairTax would replace the personal income, corporate income, payroll, and estate and gift taxes with a 23 percent effective retail sales tax plus a progressive rebate. The 23 percent rate generates more revenue than the taxes it replaces, but the...

The author Laurence Vance gives a lengthy critic of Neal Boortz's and John Linder's book The Fair Tax Book. In Short, he misunderstands and misquotes (as many critics do) the actual workings of the Fair Tax. Once you read his entire article you realize his real objection is not with the Fair Tax but with any Federal Taxation at all. His Anarchist approach to no taxation in which he hates all forms of taxation is found at: http://www.mises.org/story/1975 The National Tax Payer's Union (NTU), Americans for Fair Taxation(AFFT), American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF), and many more support the Fair Tax...

Syndicated talk show host Neal Boortz and Congressman John Linder (R-GA) have joined forces to write a book on the FairTax Plan—a proposal to replace the current system of federal income taxes, corporate taxes, Social Security and Medicare taxes, capital gains taxes, gift taxes, and estate taxes with a national sales tax on new goods and services that does not reduce the government's overall tax revenue. They have never been so right and never been so wrong. Former attorney Boortz is the well-known Atlanta-based "libertarian" talk show host who, like Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity, spends an inordinate amount of...

Lawrenceville, GA (Dec. 7) – Congressman John Linder (R-GA) announced that he has launched a “blog” on his Seventh Congressional District Online Office site. A web log, or blog, is basically a web page that serves as a public journal that is updated on a regular basis and reflects the personality and goals of the author. A number of studies indicate that over a quarter of Internet users in the United States read blogs because they provide an excellent outlet for people to convey their views on issues being debated across the nation. In announcing the blog, which was launched...

The FairTax LetterI've been getting a lot of letters on my FairTax article, almost all of which are from FairTax supporters. I had no idea when I wrote the article that there were so many passionate supporters of the FairTax proposal. Sometimes the writers are so passionate that the letters are unpublishable. Others like this one make my job worthwhile. While I feel differently than the writer on the issue of the FairTax, it's always nice to be able to discuss an economic concept with someone who has thought a lot about the issue. The format of the letter is...

House Majority Leader Signs On To Linder’s Bill Abolishing the IRS Washington, D.C. - Congressman John Linder (R-Georgia) is pleased to announce that he has added more than 20 co-sponsors – including House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas) – to his innovative tax reform legislation, the FairTax. Linder’s bill, H.R. 25, would abolish all federal income taxes, death taxes, capital gains taxes, and payroll taxes, and replace them with a national retail sales tax. “The momentum behind the FairTax continues to build, and Majority Leader DeLay’s co-sponsorship is just the latest signal that support for the FairTax is growing,” said...

WASHINGTON -- George W. Bush's chances of engaging the country with a dynamic second-term initiative were sabotaged this week. His own tax reform advisory panel Tuesday reported two plans exceeding the worst expectations. Not only would they be dead on arrival if actually sent to Congress, but they probably stifle President Bush's hopes for seriously reshaping how Americans are taxed. The President's Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform created 10 months ago released its report Tuesday, and it turned out to have precious little to do with what Republicans think of as reform. Instead of a low flat tax, it...

A "thanks" from John Linder ...