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Why Boortz and Linder must be purged Good afternoon, my dear comrades. We have a problem on our hands. It is a very big problem, indeed. A new book has been released that threatens the progress we have made in recent decades to transform the U.S. economy from a capitalist system into one more like the economy of our beloved former Soviet Union. In 1848, our father Karl Marx wrote that “a heavy progressive or graduated income tax” is essential to the sustenance of a communist society. If Boortz and Linder succeed in tearing out the American tax code and...

Home Call-In Income Tax Alternatives C-SPAN, Washington Journal Washington, District of Columbia (United States) ID:188444 - 4 - 08/21/2005 - 0:45 - No Sale Boortz, Neal, Author

NUMBER ONE ---- AGAIN! The word came in yesterday afternoon. The FairTax Book will remain No. 1 on the New York Times Bestseller's List for the second week in a row. Our editor at Regan Books told us yesterday afternoon that it is much harder to make this list the second week than it is the first. Needless to say, we're excited and gratified. Interview requests for Congressman Linder and myself are pouring in, and the crowds at the book signings remain strong. Our greatest hope is that the book generates a buzz and momentum of its own. Across the...

Fair Tax Fans is a group of blogs and websites that support the Fair Tax proposal advanced by Neal Boortz and Congressman John Linder in their best-selling book "The FairTax Book." I am, of course, a supporter of this proposal and in an effort to help spread the word about the Fair Tax, I have started Fair Tax Fans. It is my hope that blogs and websites supportive of the Fair Tax will join Fair Tax Fans and help create support for this reform proposal. Please click on right here for more information.

FairTax Book Neal Boortz and Congressman Linder and the FairTax Book are on a roll. Make it to a rally / booksigining if you can : http://boortz.com/more/appearances.html The FairTax Book will soon debut at number 1 on the NYT Bestseller list. This is worth millions in free advertising. More good advertising will be for us to carry the book with us wherever we go. The more people see that see that book cover the better. If you can't tote it, leave it in the deck of your car's back window. If you don't have the book yet, go to http://www.amazon.com/...

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU !!!! We got the word just as we were arriving at our Gainesville, Florida hotel. The FairTax Book will debut at No. 1 on the New York Times non-fiction bestseller's list. In a word .... unbelievable. Oddly enough, this list won't actually be published until September 21st. Go figure. Last winter I spent week after week doing my radio show, grabbing a sandwich for lunch, and then sitting down in front of the word processor and stacks of research to pound out my portion of this book. Congressman Linder was doing the same thing...

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU !!!!We got the word just as we were arriving at our Gainesville, Florida hotel.  The FairTax Book will debut at No. 1 on the New York Times non-fiction bestseller's list.  In a word .... unbelievable.  Last winter I spent week after week doing my radio show, grabbing a sandwich for lunch, and then sitting down in front of the word processor and stacks of research to pound out my portion of this book.  Congressman Linder was doing the same thing at his home in Washington DC or Atlanta.  We both believe totally in...

Congressman John Linder will be interviewed on the following radio stations tomorrow to discuss the Fair tax: THe Dan Moom Show on Charleston, SC radio from 9:15-9:35 http://www.wscfm.com/on_moon.html The Gary Goldberg Radio show on the Money Matters Financial Network in New York City tomorrow morning (10:40-11:00) http://www.mmfn.net/ Also for information about Congressman Linder and Neal Boortz appearances at the following bookstores click on the link below: http://www.fairtax.org/boortz_book.html

Historians might just view this week and next as the most propitious fortnight for tax reform in some time. First came news earlier this week that a presidential commission looks set to call for the abolition of the Alternative Minimum Tax. Then, next week, the House Ways and Means Committee in Washington will hear another round of testimony as it considers revamping our inefficient, outdated tax system. So we could be at the brink of progress.

The national sales taxBruce Bartlett (back to web version) | Send May 3, 2005 According to columnist Robert Novak, House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas, is adamant about replacing the entire federal tax system -- payroll and income taxes -- with a 30 percent national retail sales tax (NRST) collected by the states, such as that in H.R. 25, sponsored by Rep. John Linder, R-Ga.  I have written many times before about what a dopy idea I think this is. Following is an effort to summarize the key arguments against it that appear over and over again in the scholarly...

John Linder will be interviewed on Kudlow's show today!

A federal bill that would do away with federal income tax and replace it with a national sales tax has been introduced again in the House of Representative after the same bill failed to get committee consideration in the last Congress. The bill, H.R. 25, is sponsored by Rep. John Linder, R-Ga. Dubbed the "FairTax" proposal, the bill "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," according to the congressman's website.

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The House of Representatives could beat Bush to the finish line. Georgia Republican Congressman John Linder, who champions a national sales tax, tells Barron's that the House Ways and Means Committee may schedule hearings on tax reform as early as March. Linder, who has been discussing his plan with his party's congressional leaders, expects the full House to have a menu of options to act upon by August. He thinks the House will move on tax reform before it moves on Social Security reform because tax reform could alleviate the retirement system's funding problems by raising more money. His sales...

Linder leaving Rules Committee, joining Ways and Means JEFFREY McMURRAYAssociated Press WASHINGTON - U.S. Rep. John Linder is getting a lofty consolation prize after being passed over as House Rules chairman. Colleagues tapped the Georgia Republican this week for a seat on the House Ways and Means Committee, one of the most coveted House panels, which focuses on tax, trade, tariffs, health care and Social Security. The appointment means Linder is leaving the Rules Committee altogether, likely ending his longtime quest to chair the panel that directs floor debate. Earlier this week, Speaker Dennis Hastert asked Rep. David Dreier, R-Calif.,...

From the FairTax E-mail: Good news for FairTax supporters . . . As reported in a recent AJC article in Georgia, Congressman David Drier has apparently been allowed to stay on past his term as Rules Chairman. You might ask how does this relate to the FairTax and replacing the income tax? The article indicates that Congressman Linder is in line for the position; however Speaker Hastert apparently has bolder and bigger ideas for our champion this session. From the article: "Hastert spokesman John Feehery said the speaker's choice reflected his satisfaction with the job Dreier has done and not...

LINDER SHUT OUT OF COVETED POSITION By BOB KEMPER The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Published on: 01/05/05 WASHINGTON — Georgia Rep. John Linder, who for years has prepared for the moment he would take control of the powerful House Rules Committee, has been passed over for the job, congressional officials said Tuesday. House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) granted a waiver to Rep. David Dreier (R-Calif.) late Monday that allows Dreier to serve a fourth two-year term as rules chairman, despite party term limits that would have forced Dreier to step down this year. Linder, a Duluth Republican and the panel's vice chairman,...

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REPRESENTATIVE JOHN LINDER, Republican of Georgia, is a man on a mission. He wants to replace the current tax system - or at least personal income and payroll taxes - with a national sales tax. When he brought this idea to the floor of the House of Representatives a couple of weeks ago, Democrats chided it as a pipe dream. But in August, President Bush called it "the kind of interesting idea that we ought to explore seriously." From a taxpayer's perspective, it may indeed sound like a great idea: no more long instruction booklet to read, no more endless...

Recognizing that our ideal of reducing the size of the Federal Government to that which can be supported by user fees, tariffs and excise taxes is unattainable, at least until the public attitude regarding the proper role of government has been changed, the LPVA has passed a resolution offered by the Tidewater Libertarian Party to support the campaign to institute the FairTax (www.FairTax.org) as an interim step, and educational tool, toward that goal. The FairTax, a national sales tax to replace FICA withholding as well as both individual and corporate income taxes, is intended to be revenue neutral in the...