Activism Archive
Nothing is Certain but Death and the FairTax
In a piece on Townhall today Mike Adams offers an amusing look at conversations from the trenches of a grassroots movement. The premise is that he carries around, in public, a copy of FairTax: ...
Posted by Mark Bostleman · 37 Comments »
FairTax Lite
April 18, 2008 · Category: Activism, Criticisms
Regular poster Hank Van Gieson proposes the following:
Fairtax-Lite is a broad based 14% national sales tax with
(1) no exclusions,
(2) A targeted prebate,
(3) no taxation of government entities,
(4) leaves payroll taxes and gift/estate ...
Posted by Mark Bostleman · 22 Comments »
Huckabee Starts a PAC, Supports FairTax
As a supporter of Mike Huckabee in his bid for the Republican nomination for President, I received an email today that was encouraging. It was an announcement of the formation of the Huck PAC:
Don’t ...
Posted by Patrick Altman · 1 Comment »
FairTax Petition Exceeds 100k
FairTax.org has been assembling a petition signed by FairTax supporters. The petition will be presented to Congress on tax day, this Tuesday, April 15th. A copy will also be given to leading presidential ...
Posted by Mark Bostleman · No Comments »
Understanding the BHI FairTax rate
April 10, 2008 · Category: Activism
After some discussion in multiple threads, I've collected some questions regarding the BHI FairTax rate study to pose to BHI, Kotlikoff, and Walby (AFFT). Here are the questions thus far, which I'd like to keep short. I'm ...
Posted by Morphh · 13 Comments »
NMFairTax.org Domain Name
November 6, 2006 · Category: Activism
I bought the domain name NMFairTax.org some time ago, thinking I might create a web site to help promote the FairTax in New Mexico (where I live).
I've not had time to pursue that project, however, ...
Posted by Joshua Zader · 1 Comment »
Money Talks
August 15, 2006 · Category: Activism
I'm looking at websites of front running candidates for Florida Governor and the Senate Seat. One does not mention the Fair Tax and the other states that more study is needed.
I'm thinking about writing them ...
Posted by Bill Rook · 4 Comments »
New way to Share a Fair Tax Book
Do you have a FairTax Book that you lend out? Have you been thinking about taking Neal Boortz up on his suggestion and leave a copy at the airport?
Check out BookCrossing.com. It is a way ...
Posted by Bill Rook · 1 Comment »
It’s Time for a Tea Party Again
June 30, 2006 · Category: Activism
Looking back over two-hundred years, the founding fathers of this country kept petitioning the King of England with redress of grievances brought upon this nation by the Crown. King George stopped listening, and even went ...
Posted by Bill Rook · 1 Comment »
NO INCOME TAX logo certainly stands out
April 25, 2006 · Category: Activism
The NO INCOME TAX logo certainly stands out: http://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/
With our FairTax team of 18 individuals we've nearly made it into the Top 100 teams and now Bill Rook's profile has made it to "User of ...
Posted by Bill Rook · 1 Comment »
America’s Second Revolution—A Tax Revolution
April 24, 2006 · Category: Activism
“The FairTax Book” (Hardcover) debuted on the New York Times Best-Seller List on August 21, 2005 in the #1 position. The book remained in the top ten for seven weeks. An incredible accomplishment for a ...
Posted by Bill Rook · 1 Comment »
Feeney Makes Fifty and Bonner Makes Fifty-One
Representative Tom Feeney of Florida’s 24th district commits to cosponsoring the Fair Tax Act of 2005. The Representative’s formal backing of this liberating tax reform propels house support past the half-century mark. Six new cosponsors ...
Posted by Bill Rook · 3 Comments »
Rush Rush
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. ...
Posted by Bill Rook · 15 Comments »
FairTax Promo Video
February 2, 2006 · Category: Activism, Public Support
Reader Joseph Gullett points us to a new promo video for an upcoming documentary on the FairTax.
Posted by Joshua Zader · 2 Comments »
Bread, the Kind You Eat and the Kind You Spend
Dear America;
Let me tell you a story about bread, the kind you eat and the kind you spend.
In fields near and far, there are farmers toiling from dawn to dusk. One particular farmer sells his ...
Posted by Bill Rook · 4 Comments »
Why Not Start in the States?
In The FairTax Book, Boortz explains that for states without any current sales tax infrastructure, the FairTax won't be a burden. He claims that states will see the value of the FairTax, and rush ...
Posted by Brad Warbiany · 16 Comments »
Federal Income Tax System Quiz
I just took the Federal Income Tax System Quiz at the FairTax Revolution website . I was shocked at how complicated our current tax system is, and think you will be too! Once ...
Posted by Bill Rook · 6 Comments »
The BOINC Challenge
January 18, 2006 · Category: Activism, Special Interests
Let's have some fun and play with science. The FairTaxScorecard issues a challenge to all online Fair Tax Supporters to unite and show our strength while supporting scientific research with distributed ...
Posted by Bill Rook · 1 Comment »
Grassfire.org Action Alert
December 22, 2005 · Category: Activism
The FairTaxScorecard.com calls for supporters to contact Grassfire.org at http://grassfire.org/email.asp?YearEnd=1&Ind=12 and voice your interest in the Fair Tax. Grassfire.org is seeking suggestions for their 2006 strategic planning. They are basically asking us what ...
Posted by Bill Rook · 6 Comments »
FairTax Action Alert from AFFT
The AFFT has called for an Action Alert to write a letter to John Snow, Secretary of the Treasury.
Secretary Show must make recommendations to President Bush regarding tax reform. As we know, the President's Tax ...
Posted by Bill Rook · No Comments »
