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 of The FairTax Book. That’s not bad, considering the fact that the book was launched just four weeks ago yesterday. It’s interesting to note that with two consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the New York Times Bestsellers List none of the broadcast news networks have shown any interest in The FairTax Book or the plan itself. I guess that’s to be expected.
Again, let me say that this FairTax plan goes nowhere from here ... nowhere, unless you remain proactive. Passage of the FairTax would constitute the greatest transfer of power from government to the people since the Revolutionary War. Transitions of this magnitude doesn’t happen without intense and unrelenting citizen involvement. Usually it takes the imminent approach of civil unrest to effect this type of change, so you can see what we’re up against here. Go to the link above. Become a FairTax volunteer. Buy another copy of the book and send it to a friend or opinion maker. Without you, the idea dies.
A brief note on last night’s signing. One woman, a pharmaceutical salesman, bought about 40 copies of The FairTax Book. She will be leaving them with doctors as she makes her sales calls. This is the type of effort and dedication it will take.
Worth thinking about: “Passage of the FairTax would constitute the greatest transfer of power from government to the people since the Revolutionary War.”
Has anyone else noticed the typo in the very last sentence of the book? Is it being fixed in later printings? (I’ll give you a chance to spot it, or if it isn’t there, to laugh at me for suggesting it.)
Wow, you’re right.
The last sentence in the Acknowledgments section says “FairTax cannot become law with this kind of citizen involvement” instead of “FairTax cannot become law without this kind of citizen involvement.”
I didn’t notice it when I read the book (probably was skimming since I knew what to expect at the very end) but it’s a typo, alright. It certainly would be nice to see it fixed in subsequent printings.
I bought by copy a couple days after the book was released. Can anybody with a recent printing confirm whether it’s been corrected?
I work in a Barnes and Noble-affiliated bookstore, but we haven’t received any new shipments of the book since the first shipment — we had something like 80 copies to start us off, and we’re just now dipping below 20. Not bad for our store!
What I’m saying is, I’ll look whenever we do get a fresh shipment.
I’ve just completed a 1040 for a couple, earning $70,000 with 2 kids and standard deductions. The question arose as to how much cash would they have to earn to buy a new auto priced at $10,000? With the current income tax system they would have to earn $11,971 before they could give the Dealer the necessary $10,000. Compared to FairTax $11,457 there is a nice little savings $514. And that doesn’t take into account any compliance saving. So FairTax is the most favorable system and the taxpayer wouldn’t have to pay a tax pepairer which would probaly save another $150+. ( Flat Tax $11,864 still $407 more than FairTax) If you wished to buy a $30,000, just multply the savings by 3.