Posted on 11/04/2004 7:08:31 PM PST by MNJohnnie
WASHINGTON (AP) - Contending Americans have embraced his conservative agenda, President Bush pledged Thursday to aggressively pursue major changes in Social Security, the tax code and medical malpractice awards, working with Democrats if they are receptive and leaving them behind if they're not.
"I earned capital in the campaign, political capital, and now I intend to spend it," Bush said a day after a decisive victory that made him the first president in 68 years to win re-election and gain seats in both the House and Senate.
"I'll reach out to everyone who shares our goals," said Bush, who 24 hours earlier had promised to try to win over those who voted for his Democratic opponent.
(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.myway.com ...
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I think NOW is the time to convince Bush and Congress to scrap the income tax alltogether and go with a sales tax, a fairtax instead.
http://www.fairtax.org
(I approve.)
OK...I'm really excited! Let's see what he is actually able to accomplish! This could be great!
Privatize Privatize Privatize!!
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I think NOW is the time to convince Bush and Congress to scrap the income tax alltogether and go with a sales tax, a fairtax instead.
http://www.fairtax.org
YEAH! Let's go for it while the Libs are in disarray trying to figure out what went wrong. We need to get Freepers involved spreading this message
OK...I'm really excited! Let's see what he is actually able to accomplish! This could be great!
Yep but we had to stay involved. Have to stay on Congress. Let's get rested up so we can hit the ground running when the new Congress get's started in Jan.
Privatize Privatize Privatize!!
From your mouth to God's ears.
All I can say is, I'll believe it when I see it.
OH NO. Not this same old crap. WE STAY involved. We let the agenda slip away from us after 2002. Not this time. This time we use the new media to drive the agenda.
Hey, MNJohnnie! I like your attitude! Keep up the encouragment and the excitement!
Here, Hear!! We elected a new Senator from SC to help us do that. Got an email from fairtax.org today. Here 'tis:
Thank Congressman DeMint.
Congressman Jim DeMint was attacked with anti-FairTax T.V. ads for months. However, like nearly all of our pro-FairTax candidates nationwide - he prevailed on election day with a deciding victory. It was a great day for the FairTax.
We are asking everyone who receives this e-mail to call his office and thank him for his co-sponsorship on the progressive national sales tax - the FairTax. Please let us know you called his office(s) by sending an email to info@fairtax.org with the words "called DeMint" in the subject line.
His DC number is: 202-225-6030
His local district office number is: 864-232-1141 or 864-582-6422.
Time to move on.
We have passed the election and fully overcome an effort by some to use our pristine legislation, HR25 and S1493 as a partisan battering ram on some candidates. It is our belief that we can move on and become the unifying theme for this country and bring everyone together on a non-partisan issue, tax reform, and specifically the FairTax - the progressive national sales tax. Gear up and get ready, the next six months will be our best yet.
What is the FairTax?
The FairTax is non-partisan legislation (HR 25/S 1493) that abolishes personal, gift, estate, capital gains, alternative minimum, earned income, 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, so it is also price neutral. The final cost for goods and services changes little under the FairTax. The FairTax is a fair, efficient, and intelligent solution to the frustration and inequity of our current tax system.
Let's finish this!
FairTax Grassroots Team
1-800-FAIRTAX
www.fairtax.org
Great!
I think we need to let Bush and Congress know that we favor a fairtax, and push them to go for it boldly.
AND we also need to educate the American people, so they won't be fooled, when the Dems will start to lie and scare them about it.
Good. The Republicans have been complicating the tax code for the past 10 years. Perhaps this is part of his secret strategery the Bushbots have been promising for the past 4 years.
But more importantly the Federal Deficit needs to be reduced. Congress is going to send us into a depression that will dwarf the 1930s depression if something is not done.
We cannot keep going into more and more debt without it having major consequences.
Hey, MNJohnnie! I like your attitude! Keep up the encouragment and the excitement!
Hell yes. I got to chat with a Republican US Senator and 2 Republican Congressmen on Tuesday nite. We CAN have influence, but we got to work at it.
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John Linder in the House & Saxby Chambliss Senate, offer a comprehensive bill to kill all income and payroll taxes outright, and provide a IRS free replacement in the form of a retail sales tax:
H.R.25, S.1493
A bill to promote freedom, fairness, and economic opportunity by repealing the income tax and other taxes, abolishing the Internal Revenue Service, and enacting a national retail sales tax to be administered primarily by the States.Refer for additional information: http://www.fairtax.org, http://www.salestax.org & http://www.geocities.com/cmcofer/ftax.html
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