News Archive
Joe the Plumber: Plunge the IRS for good
April 8, 2009 · Category: News
Campaign icon's website urges America to switch to FairTax
"Are you sick and tired of being forced to file a tax return every year?" asks Wurzelbacher on his IRSvote.com website. "I'm here to ask my fellow ...
Posted by Morphh · 12 Comments »
The FairTax is alive in the 111th Congress
A message from John Linder
Friends,
I am extremely happy to tell you that HR 25, the FairTax, has been reintroduced and is alive and well in the 111th Congress. Not only that, the FairTax has been ...
Posted by Morphh · 27 Comments »
Just What This Downturn Demands: A Consumption Tax
Just What This Downturn Demands: A Consumption Tax
Friday, December 26, 2008
By: Robert Frank
From the New York Times, November 9, 2008
The country is now in the midst of the deepest economic crisis since the ...
Posted by Morphh · 64 Comments »
IRS issued $1B in bad refunds
Report: IRS issued $1B in bad refunds in 2007
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
By: JIM ABRAMS
The government sent out more than $1 billion in fraudulent refunds last year
WASHINGTON — The government sent out more ...
Posted by Morphh · 12 Comments »
How many “nonpayers” can the U.S. afford?
A newly released Tax Foundation study shows that while current law would give 33 percent of income tax filers zero liability next year, that figure would increase to 43 and 44 percent if John McCain’s ...
Posted by Morphh · 28 Comments »
America the Uncompetitive
Economists at the Organization for International Cooperation and Development released a new working paper titled "Taxes and Economic Growth" where they studied the effects of various types of taxes on the economic growth of developed nations within the ...
Posted by Morphh · 8 Comments »
Kepner debates Boortz
Post from Hayden Kepner
I was fortunate enough to participate in what I believe to be the first-ever debate on the FairTax to be aired on national TV. (OK, there was a semi-debate aired on C-Span ...
Posted by Morphh · 140 Comments »
Obama Tax Plan Show Dramatic Redistribution
July 8, 2008 · Category: News
According to a new Tax Foundation analysis, Senator Obama's tax plan is a dramatic redistribution of the nation's tax burden.In Tax Foundation Fiscal Fact, No. 132, Tax Foundation president Scott Hodge uses revenue estimates from the ...
Posted by Morphh · 23 Comments »
Linder Town Hall News
Pulled from discussion on Yahoo Groups... Congressman Linder held a teleconference town hall meeting on April 28th 2008 (tuesday night) @ 7 pm on the FairTax. In the conference, he said that he would agree to add ...
Posted by Morphh · 20 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 · 2 Comments »
The Loophole Factory
April 15, 2008 · Category: News
From today's WSJ Review & Outlook.
"People say all the time: 'We can't pick winners and losers.' Well then fine. Take every single dollar of subsidy out of the federal tax code. Get rid of it ...
Posted by Mark Bostleman · 54 Comments »
Florida Becoming a FairTax State?
From Jim Bennett:
A proposed Florida $9.6 billion property tax swap represents a step in the direction of the Fair Tax at the state level but is not entirely the Fair Tax. Therefore Florida may not ...
Posted by Joshua Zader · 76 Comments »
New Book on the FairTax is #7 at Amazon
January 5, 2008 · Category: News
Neil Boortz and John Linder have co-authored a new book about the FairTax, titled FairTax: the Truth: Answering the Critics.
Release date: Tuesday, February 12th.
You can pre-order a copy at Amazon, where the book ...
Posted by Joshua Zader · 1 Comment »
Linder to Appear Thursday on “The Bill Haft Show”
From Congressman John Linder:
I want to let you know that tomorrow night I will be appearing on “The Bill Haft Show” to talk about the FairTax, the recent addition of the 64th and 65th co-sponsors ...
Posted by Joshua Zader · 2 Comments »
Kepner on Phil Hinson Fair Tax Show
July 11, 2007 · Category: Criticisms, News
FairTax gadfly Hayden Kepner, a regular on our site, was on the Phil Hinson Fair Tax Show a few days ago. (I haven't had a chance to listen yet, but some of you might ...
Posted by Joshua Zader · 24 Comments »
Record Sixty Co-Sponsors for FairTax Bill (H.R. 25)
May 8, 2007 · Category: News, Political Support
From Congressman John Linder:
I want to take a moment and share with you some very exciting news about the FairTax. I just received word that Representatives Darrell Issa (CA-49) and John Boozman (AR-03) have ...
Posted by Joshua Zader · 10 Comments »
Exciting News from Rep. John Linder
Below is a letter I received today from John Linder's e-mail distribution list.
With so much happening on Capitol Hill during the change from Republican to Democrat control, I have not had an opportunity to update ...
Posted by Joshua Zader · 30 Comments »
Fair Tax Act of 2007 Online!
You can read the text of H.R. 25 for the 110th Congress here.
I am going to stop blogging for a bit to go through the bill and report any changes or tweaks.
Edit: The big ...
Posted by James Kidd · No Comments »
Georgia Implementing the FairTax?
August 5, 2006 · Category: News
They might, if Rep. Steve Davis has his way:
As some of you may know that this past year I introduced the Georgia Fair Tax, HB 1667, on the last day of the session. I actually ...
Posted by Brad Warbiany · 1 Comment »
“Fair Flat Tax” is Neither
July 24, 2006 · Category: News
Oregon Senator Wants to Take On the Burden of Fixing the Tax Code
Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) has made it his mission to force Congress to rewrite the entire tax code. If he succeeds, every interest ...
Posted by Brad Warbiany · 6 Comments »
