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It’s that time of year again. January is history and we all have our W-2’s still in the envelopes–right next to a stack of 1099’s and bank statements with a piddly $3.84 of interest. What to do now?
If we expect a tax refund, we will hop through the 1040 and hope to get our refund fast. Or will you have to write a check and kick in another $1500 like last year?
There has got to be a better way. A better way to fund the federal government–without struggling through another dreadful tax season. Remember when we were kids. We called this time of year winter and we played care-free in the snow.
There is a better way! A way to get the same money, no more, no less to the Federal Government without onerous tax forms. It is a tax system that treats every person and product the same, yet one that un-taxes the basic necessities of life for all. It is a system compassionate enough to completely un-tax the poor while reducing black market tax evasion. It is a system that eliminates the most regressive payroll taxes, but still funds Social Security well into the future. It is a system that will spur economic growth and provide a higher standard of living for ourselves and our children.
And, most importantly, it is a tax system designed by businesses and individuals to minimize compliance costs and class warfare, and thus returns the power to the people. Congress will no longer be gamed by K-Street lobbyists looking for the next tax loophole. It is a tax system where 95% of Americans will pay lower federal taxes than they pay today.
This all encompassing solution, the Fair Tax Act of 2005, is currently before congress. It will abolish all current income based taxes, specifically the:
- Individual Income Tax
- Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT)
- Corporate and Business Income Taxes
- Capital Gains Tax
- Social Security Tax
- Medicare Tax
- Payroll Tax
- Self Employment Tax
- Death Tax
- Gift Tax
The Fair Tax Act will replace funding of the federal government with a national sales tax that collects the same amount of money while reducing the tax burden on 95% of our residents. Income taxes will go away and that savings pay the new sales tax. For more information, visit the FairTax.org website.
The problem is that only a few people, around 700,000 of us are talking about this plan. Personally, I’m beginning to feel like a gecko running around trying to invite everyone to the party.
Where is the staunch conservative voice of Rush Limbaugh when we need it? While he considers the book worth reading, Rush has yet to climb onto a soap box for or against the legislation nor provide a forum on his radio show for serious and thoughtful discussion of the Fair Tax.
It is time to rush Rush with our questions and desires for public discussion. Call him, write him, and ask for coverage of this liberating legislation.
Call The Rush Limbaugh Show program line between 12 Noon and 3PM Eastern Time at: 1-800-282-2882
E-mail Rush at: rush@eibnet.com
Fax Rush at: 212-445-3963
Write Rush at:
The Rush Limbaugh Show
1270 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020
Find a radio station near you.
Learn about this legislation and send your views to congress. Tell them we demand real and just tax reform. Look up congressional information at the FairTaxScorecard.com
Excellent idea Bill. Rush at the height of ratings has an audience of 30,000,000 listeners. That’s the kind of weight we need behind this tax proposal. I believe Rush is on the fence about the idea, as he was a bigger supporter of the Armey Flat Tax back in the days. He probably needs to really have someone come to him and explain why this is the best plan anywhere so far.
Thank you for your kind words.
Did you send your letter?
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Rush will be talking about “Tax Reform” on Thursday. Be ready to call. You can find the number on the above Rush Limbaugh link.
No, I haven’t written yet, but I will. I think FairTax supporters should try to flood the telephone lines one Open Line Friday, and devote the whole 3 hours to why the FairTax is a winning idea.
Did my letter. Missed the tax update show. How did it go. I fee dumb now for sending him a letter since he did the show. Ah well, if he reads my letter on the air for entertainment value, it’ll be one more repetition of the message.
I was just listening, and he said (basically) “The key is tax reform. Whether its the FairTax, which I love, or it’s the Forbes Flat Tax…”
It’s a good sign.
I’m a Rush regular, but I’m afraid Rush may not want to support the Fair Tax. Should it pass, at his income level, he would take quite a hit. I’ve written him several times, to no avail, about this.
Ron, I’m not sure I understand your comment. In what way would his income level affect anything? The FairTax is the only tax plan out there that, in the words of the President’s Tax Reform Panel, “completely untaxes the poor” and allows all workers to keep their money. Rush being the founder and CEO of the EIB network would be completely untaxed as the corporate tax would go away.
The only way anyone will be affected by the FairTax will be if they choose to spend over the HHS defined poverty level, or in other words choose to spend more than their prebate plus necessities. Rush loves to enjoy life, so he would be spending on cigars, parties, plane rides, gas, mansions, Mac computers, he would be paying his tax that way. But he’d still be getting what he wanted. For him the tax would be negligible.
But would’nt he loose all of the write-offs’ he probably now enjoys, i.e. celebrity golf which can be written off as business, vacations…as long as he makes a “personal appearance”, and other tax breaks that only folks in his income bracket enjoy? That was my point, under the Fair Tax Plan, Rush would probably pay more taxes than now. I could be wrong.
Ah, now I see what you meant. You can’t have a tax write off if you don’t have to pay any taxes. Currently while we have the income tax, people are compelled to pay a certain percentage of their income directly to the government. People give charitable donations, or term some expenses as business expenses in order to not to have to pay tax to the government. Under the FairTax one wouldn’t be compelled to give any of their money over to the government that they didn’t choose to when making purchases of new products.
Under the FairTax he will continuously get a 100% tax-write off on whatever money he makes. If he goes to celebrity golf tournaments he pays out of his own pocket same with vacations or any thing else he buys. Most likely he’s currently in the top tax bracket. If the government takes 50%-60% of his money these days, the only way he could approach 0% taxes would be if he could write off that same amount of his income in donations and business expenses. I would go so far as to say that that’s impossible.
The most he’ll pay under the FairTax is the same flat 23% that would be the max for everyone else. If he’d like to pay less than that he can simply choose not to spend his entire income, or he can choose to purchase used items. If EIB needs to purchase new Bellawood floors for a new office at the southern command it will be counted as a B2B (business to business) transaction and not taxed. Even though I haven’t mentioned it already, the pre-bate will definitely add to his winnings as well. I can’t see him (or anyone else) not coming out ahead with the passage of the FairTax and the abolishing of the income tax.
I have continued this discussion at: http://fairtaxgroups.com/index.php?topic=813.0
Tom Delay on Rush’s show right now giving a mention of the FairTax. It’s good news.
Here is a link to the show transcript.
http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_040506/content/tom_delay_interview.member.html
Hesta, thanks for clearing that up for me. What i don’t understand is then, why is’nt Rush pushing for the passage of the Fair Tax? Pretty much all he says is, “i don’t know all that much about it”, when it comes up. As mentioned above, It would help if we could get him to talking about it more. I’ve written him several times, but i do not believe he sees E-mail from anyone except premium listeners. They have a different E-mail address from the ‘RUSH@eibnet.com’ to send to. I’ve heard rush mention that on the air. Other people probably screen the rest for him.
Thanks again.
I also have written him on the subject. Even with a premium listener status, I have not received a reply. I’m sure he has a staffer counting all the letters on different subjects, so your mail does count even if you don’t get a response. Keep sending in the letters and email.
I did note that he said on the March 20th show that he “loved the FairTax”. I think that’s enough of an indication of how he feels about it. I’m guessing that by the 14th-17th he’ll be talking about the FairTax even more.
Calling him and mentioning couldn’t hurt either