Matt Towery Predicts Success for FairTax Plan
August 13, 2005 · Filed under: Media Citings
In a new column written for the Creators Syndicate, Matt Towery predicts something I’ve been predicting as well: that the FairTax Plan is going to succeed, because of overwhelming support among sensible Americans. It’s only a question of which politicans want to make themselves look stupid, in the process, by opposing it.
In Towery’s words:
We’ve yet to fully poll this issue because first it needs to get some much-deserved attention. But let me assure both Republicans and Democrats that once these red herrings are put aside and the public understands the FairTax, the train will be pulling out of the station. Our elected leaders can either be on it or get run over by it.
Amen.
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[...] Despite my own general optimism, perhaps it is an open question, whether the FairTax will generate enough support among Americans to make its way through Congress. If, however, Americans do show enough support to pass the legislation — which would be one hell of a lot of support — it strikes me as unlikely in the extreme that those same adamant taxpayers who pushed for tax reform would settle for having both a federal income tax and a federal sales tax. [...]