Free Republic

Some people in the Roanoke and New River Valleys are fed up with the current tax system. Those folks met in Salem Saturday. The Fair Tax event was part of a grassroots effort to spread the word about the tax alternative. This afternoon, Genie Hayes, grassroots director of Fair Tax, taught folks how to interact with the media and how to network and educate others. She says the Fair Tax plan seems to draw backing from folks who fall between the current tax cracks and those who feel like they're being ripped off. "It's a progressive national sales tax that...