Archive for September 2005
Politicians Unable to Avoid the FairTax Book
Neal Boortz posted the following in today's Nuze:
I'm going to write next week of The FairTax Plan and post some notes and clarifications about HR25 right here. So ... keep checking back!
The FairTax Book ...
Posted by Joshua Zader · 1 Comment »
FairTax Book Still Soaring in Dayton, Ohio
September 8, 2005 · Category: Book Tour, Public Support
An update on the FairTax Book's impact in Dayton, Ohio:
"It was Neal Boortz week here," says Sharon Kelly Roth, director of public relations at Books & Co. in Dayton, Ohio. And The Book Standard's geographic ...
Posted by Joshua Zader · 1 Comment »
Environmental Benefits of the FairTax
September 7, 2005 · Category: Education, Special Interests
Paul Gessing provides some good insights in his new article "Environmental Benefits of the FairTax."
An excerpt:
Environmentalists should be licking their chops at the possibilities the FairTax presents for creating widespread environmental improvements throughout American society. ...
Posted by Joshua Zader · 1 Comment »
The Communists Are onto Us!
September 7, 2005 · Category: Reviews
Uh-oh, our cover has been blown:
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 ...
Posted by Joshua Zader · No Comments »
Taxes at the Dinner Table
September 7, 2005 · Category: Education
Here is an insightful message that's been circulating on the Internet.
A LESSON IN TAXATION
Sometimes Politicians can exclaim; "It's just a tax cut for the rich!!", and it is just accepted to be fact. ...
Posted by Joshua Zader · 1 Comment »
Still Yet Another FairTax Fan
September 7, 2005 · Category: Site Announcements
During the last election I think I heard about a “National Sales Tax” and it was going to be like 30% or something outrageous. I knew [thought] I did not need to know any more ...
Posted by Bill Rook · No Comments »
Major FairTax Article in CNN’s Money Magazine
CNN's Money Magazine published a lengthy article today titled "Just how fair is the 'FairTax'?" The article actually provides a surprisingly fair-minded review of the FairTax plan and the groundswell of public support behind it.
The ...
Posted by Joshua Zader · 28 Comments »
Club for Growth Debate: Flat Tax vs FairTax
September 6, 2005 · Category: Events, vs. Flat Tax
As part of its Fall Economic Policy Conference, the Club for Growth will be sponsoring a debate in Washington, D.C. between John Linder and Dick Armey on "Flat Tax vs. Fair Tax."
From the ...
Posted by Joshua Zader · 1 Comment »
Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn Supports FairTax
September 5, 2005 · Category: Political Support, Public Support
From reader Robert Semands:
At a town hall meeting a couple of weeks ago in Midwest City, Ok, Senator Tom Coburn (R-Oklahoma), answered my direct question as to whether he is a co-sponsor of HR 25 ...
Posted by Joshua Zader · 2 Comments »
Bush Economic Advisor Al Hubbard on Boortz Show
September 3, 2005 · Category: Political Support, Public Support
FairTax supporter Larry Melton reports the following:
I was listening to the end of Neal Boortz' radio show and he had Al Hubbard on, the President's economic advisor.
Neal asked Al if Al had heard of ...
Posted by Joshua Zader · No Comments »
Neal Boortz Interviewed by PBS’s Tavis Smiley
September 3, 2005 · Category: Book Tour, Interviews
Neal Boortz was interviewed Thursday by PBS's Tavis Smiley, to discuss The FairTax Book. The full program is available in streaming audio. The transcript, too, is available online.
Here's an interesting excerpt:
Tavis: This is ...
Posted by Joshua Zader · No Comments »
Why Not Repeal the 16th Amendment First?
A reader writes:
Would you do us the favor of responding to some of the criticisms of the Fair Tax that have come up on our message board at Protest Warrior. No one really seems ...
Posted by Joshua Zader · 4 Comments »
What Immediately Happens to Prices?
September 3, 2005 · Category: Criticisms, Education
Dale, at QandO, has brought up again what he feels to be a problem with the way the FairTax is being sold. As I desire to be fair, I'd like to answer his ...
Posted by Brad Warbiany · 16 Comments »
WSJ Reviews Forbes’s ‘Flat Tax Revolution’
Today Stephen Moore published a review of Steve Forbes's new book Flat Tax Revolution in the WSJ's Opinion Journal.
The review begins:
The flat tax--the same tax rate for everyone, without all the deductions that ...
Posted by Joshua Zader · 5 Comments »
Herman Cain on FairTax and Government Spending
September 1, 2005 · Category: Political Support, Public Support
Self-made black millionaire Herman Cain -- nationally syndicated talk-show host, author of They Think You're Stupid, and former president of Godfather's Pizza -- weighs in on the urgent need for tax reform in his ...
Posted by Joshua Zader · No Comments »
