Excellent point about MA. If almost half the voters want no income tax in liberal MA, this DOES have play on both sides of the aisle.
Everyone, regardless of whether you believe a NRST or flat tax is better, we all agree the income tax has got to go.
Massachusetts had a high number of voters support abolishing the income tax. This is something the American people care about, but are so used to the system they won't understand there are alternatives out there unless you tell them. I ask you to e-mail your friends and relatives about how the income tax is not the only way we could fund the government. I ask you to tell them to e-mail their friends and spread the word. I ask you to tell them to contact their representatives in Washington and ask for this to get done. It is time the public begins to realize the income tax does not have to be. It can only happen when we spread the word. To that end, I am adding a line in my e-mail signature about the Fairtax. I hope you also will do the same about scrapping the income tax (no matter whether you favor a flat tax or NRST); it is an easy way to spread the word.
Contact the WH and tell them to move on getting rid of the income tax and replacing it with an alternative form of taxation. It is time they hear the people do want this! We have got to be understanding though. Homeland Security and econ stimulus, as well as judges, are first priority. This probably will be an issue later in his term (perhaps a 2004 campaign issue) if we push him hard. He clearly is sympathetic to the cause; we just have to nudge him over the edge to fight for the chance and become A HISTORIC PRESIDENT.
COMMENTS: 202-456-1111
SWITCHBOARD: 202-456-1414
FAX: 202-456-2461
Also, if you support the FairTax specifically, please Contact Bill Thomas, the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee. It is time he finally get off his lazy fat behind (yes, I have some huge disdain for this lying scumbag since he said he hoped to get tax stuff out of committee this year and he hasn't lifted a finger) and move on the FairTax. Here is his contact info:
E-mail:
bill.thomas@mail.house.gov
Washington Office:
(202) 225-2915
(202) 225-8798 fax
I also have a petition online about the FairTax, which I gave up on essentially. Since this thread has some life, I will post a link to it again, and if you support H.R. 2525, please tell everyone you know about the petition and about www.fairtax.org (a petition can be signed there also). Petition site:
http://www.petitiononline.com/NRST/petition.html