John Linder Profiled in Two Georgia Papers
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution published a profile today of John Linder and his work with Neal Boortz on The FairTax Book.
An interesting excerpt:
Another mission of the book is to get Congress to adopt the tax plan described in it. “I do believe that members of Congress pay attention to books, especially if they see a book debuting No. 1 on The New York Times list,” said Linder, who recently handed President Bush a copy of the book.
A national sales tax will eventually replace our current tax system, Linder predicted. “The liberals will discover what this bill really is — it’s a tax on accumulated wealth,” he said. “As soon as they understand this, they’ll steal this [idea] from me.”
Many wealthy people avoid paying income taxes, Linder said, and people who live off interest income and stock dividends don’t contribute to Social Security. But wealthy people, he noted, do spend millions on cars, jewelry and other luxury goods.
Now, he said, “fortunes are passed from generation to generation without ever being taxed.”
See the full article for more information.
On a related note, Linder also received a very nice write-up in the Sentinel Online, the “official paper of Kennesaw State University.”
It begins:
This article is about taxes, which is, without question, the most boring subject in the known universe. So why even bother to bring it up? In an attempt to make April 15 just another beautiful spring day for all Americans, Georgia Congressman John Linder and his buddy, libertarian talk show host Neal Boortz, have devised a “fair tax” plan. This plan abolishes the IRS and income taxes in favor of a national sales tax, which, they say, will be about 23 cents to every dollar. Both sides of this issue have hotly debated how well this “fair tax” would work in practice, but on the surface, it seems like something every one of us should support.
Indeed!
