Archive for August 2005
Regan Preparing 7th Printing of FairTax Book
From today's Nuze:
We had a book signing last night in Dunwoody, Georgia, an Atlanta Suburb. [pictures] Congressman Linder and I signed about 400 or more books. Regan Books is preparing for the 7th printing ...
Posted by Joshua Zader · 4 Comments »
Is Working a Right or a Privilege?
August 31, 2005 · Category: Education
One particularly dastardly portion of the income tax is the underlying philosophy: what you earn belongs to the government, and if you're nice, they'll let you keep some of it. This is particularly true ...
Posted by Brad Warbiany · No Comments »
Flat Tax vs. FairTax in the WSJ, by Pete Du Pont
Pete Du Pont penned the editorial "Flatter-y Will Get You Everywhere" in today's edition of the Opinion Journal, reminding readers of the urgent need for tax reform and explaining why he believes the flat tax ...
Posted by Joshua Zader · 3 Comments »
President’s Tax Panel Meets Next on Sep 15
August 31, 2005 · Category: Political Support
President Bush's Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform has announced that its next meeting will be on September 15th, during which they'll continue discussing issues related to reform. No new testimony will be made ...
Posted by Joshua Zader · No Comments »
1,000 at New Orleans FairTax Booksigning
August 30, 2005 · Category: Book Tour, Public Support
Today's Nuze reports, among other things, that nearly 1,000 people showed up for the FairTax Book booksigning in New Orleans:
Well, I must say that the crunch portion of The FairTax Book tour ended with somewhat ...
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Visitor Demographics
August 30, 2005 · Category: Public Support, Site Announcements
If you're curious to see where this blog's visitors are from, check out our Visitor Map.
The map currently shows visitors from Salt Lake City, Washington D.C., Houston, Memphis, Gainesville, Denver, Atlanta, and a hole-in-the-wall outside ...
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A Communist Manifesto with Your 1040EZ?
August 30, 2005 · Category: Education, Political Support
One of the commenters in the Libertarian Party's debate of whether to endorse the FairTax pasted this incredible quote from former IRS Tax Commissioner T. Coleman Andrews:
"What the income tax does is lead the people ...
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Libertarian Party Debates Endorsing FairTax
August 30, 2005 · Category: Political Support
The Libertarian Party is debating whether or not the FairTax bill warrants their endorsement.
A key bone of contention is whether the bill is pristine enough to meet their impeccable standards or whether they ...
Posted by Joshua Zader · 1 Comment »
WSJ’s John Fund on Flat Tax and FairTax
August 30, 2005 · Category: Media Citings
Writing for the Wall Street Journal's Opinion Journal, John Fund penned an editorial yesterday titled "The World Is Flat," where he had this to say about the flat tax and, somewhat by extension, the FairTax:
Here ...
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Introduction, Endorsements of the FairTax
August 29, 2005 · Category: Media Citings, Public Support
This is my first post here. I am honored to be joining the other accomplished bloggers on this site about the Fair Tax.
As a brief introduction, my name is KJ. You can get ...
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More and More People Are Getting It...
August 29, 2005 · Category: Public Support
At this time (29 August 2005) the FairTax book is #4 in Nonfiction and #18 overall on Amazon.Com.
A lot of people are getting exposed to this. But oddly enough, it seems there was a ...
Posted by Jerry Lawson · No Comments »
FairTax Poll at About.com
August 29, 2005 · Category: Public Support
The economics section at About.com is currently polling the question "Should the United States adopt the FairTax proposal?" Current results: 87% (3,593 votes) for and 12% (500 votes) against.
UPDATE: 9/6/05 - The poll now ...
Posted by Joshua Zader · 3 Comments »
Donate the FairTax Book to Your Library!
August 29, 2005 · Category: Activism
Here's an excellent suggestion that was posted in the WAFairTax discussion group:
If you can afford it, take one or two copies of the FairTax book and donate it to your local public library. Most libraries ...
Posted by Joshua Zader · No Comments »
The FairTax Book Again #1 NY Times Bestseller
August 29, 2005 · Category: Book Tour, Media Citings
The Kansas City Star shows that the FairTax Book is back atop the New York Times nonfiction bestseller list.
Apparently, last week's dip on the charts, when the book dropped to a lower position, was caused ...
Posted by Joshua Zader · 2 Comments »
Maximizing Choice in Taxation
Do you want to maximize your choice when it comes to taxation? If so the Fair Tax Plan is for you. My name is Henry Imler from hundiejo.com. I am ...
Posted by Henry Imler · No Comments »
More Thoughts on Evasion and the VAT
August 28, 2005 · Category: Criticisms, vs. VAT Tax
Dale Franks of QandO has responded to my earlier post regarding evasion of the FairTax. A commenter named Kirk has done much of the heavy lifting regarding a response to Dale's concerns. Nobody ...
Posted by Brad Warbiany · 1 Comment »
Evasion Potential with the FairTax vs the VAT Tax
In response to Brad Warbiany's article "Evasion Potential of the FairTax," Dale Franks at QandO wrote "Fair Tax Supporters: Whistling Past the Graveyard," in which he asserts that tax evasion would be significantly harder under ...
Posted by Joshua Zader · No Comments »
Just How Popular is the FairTax?
August 27, 2005 · Category: Public Support
Over the next few months, it may be interesting to try and find objective measures of how popular the FairTax is becoming.
One such metric would be the number of times people search for the relevant ...
Posted by Joshua Zader · 2 Comments »
It’s PAYDAY! What’s coming out of YOUR wallet?
August 26, 2005 · Category: Education
Friday! Yay! As an Average Joe worker, I get paid every two weeks. But it's nibbled at by deductions. So, let's look at the numbers, shall we?
(Note - this is a ...
Posted by Jerry Lawson · 3 Comments »
Rush Limbaugh Endorses FairTax on Air
August 26, 2005 · Category: Political Support
Posted on the WAFairTax discussion group:
Rush [Limbaugh] was talking today about how government's single most selfish and carefully guarded power is the power to tax and play with trillions of dollars, and he said that ...
Posted by Joshua Zader · 4 Comments »
