FairTax Booksignings in Roanoke and Lynchburg
From the Roanoke Times:
With a touch of “simple laryngitis,” Neal Boortz spoke briefly to a standing-room only crowd in the Grand Ballroom of Roanoke’s Wyndham Hotel on Tuesday, offering a dramatically revised tax plan and signing
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copies of his recent best-seller, “The FairTax Book.”“It takes power away from politicians,” the popular AM radio talk show host said of his plan for a fair tax, receiving a sweep of applause. “By the way, is this voice turning anybody on?”
“The FairTax Book,” which Boortz co-wrote with Georgia congressman John Linder, proposes replacing the federal income tax and other taxes with a sales tax. The book’s jacket bears the letters IRS with a red line through them.
“The government shouldn’t do anything for us we can do for ourselves,” Boortz, a self-described libertarian, said shortly before taking the podium. “I just default to freedom.”
See the full article for more.
And Boortz had these comments in yesterday’s Nuze:
LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA
Belinda and I were met on our arrival in Lynchburg yesterday by Macel Falwell, the wife of Rev. Jerry Falwell. A gracious lady indeed. We were immediately off to Liberty University for a meeting with Dr. Falwell. where we had an interesting conversation on politics and the FairTax. Following dinner with Tom Wright, the Executive Director of Americans for Fair Taxation, we headed over the Barnes & Noble to sign a few books. [Photos] Did I say a “few” books? Our best estimate was that there were between 650 and 700 people at the Barnes & Noble and we ran out of books. Some people drove from as far as Richmond, Virginia — and we ran out of books. Sorry, folks ... nobody expected a crowd that large.
TONIGHT — ROANOKE
We’ll be broadcasting from our Roanoke affiliate WFIR this morning, a little relaxation this afternoon, and then we’ll be signing books at the Wyndham Airport hotel in Roanoke tonight at 7:00. After the last book is signed it’s a little nighttime IFR across the Smoky Mountains into Atlanta.
