News Archive
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 · 1 Comment »
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 · 21 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 »
FairTax Results in Atlanta Primaries? 85% Support!
Neal Boortz reports that the FairTax was on the primary ballots for all three metro Atlanta counties yesterday. The verdict? Eighty-five percent support.
Wow.
Posted by Joshua Zader · 8 Comments »
Wikipedia Founder Facilitating Net-based Political Reform
July 7, 2006 · Category: News
Wikipedia founder Jimmy "Jimbo" Wales has launched an initiative to "ramp up the intelligence of poltics."
In his open letter to the political blogosphere, published yesterday, he writes:
I am launching today a new Wikia website aimed ...
Posted by Joshua Zader · 5 Comments »
24,000 Pages?!
That was the length of General Electric's 2005 tax return. You heard me correctly, 24,000 pages. Astounding...
From the IRS Web Site
The Internal Revenue Service today announced significant progress in its corporate e-file program, ...
Posted by Brad Warbiany · 3 Comments »
The FairTax Portal
It has been awhile since I have contributed to this site, however, it seems to have been plenty busy without me. In catching back up to where we currently stand in the on going ...
Posted by Patrick Altman · 4 Comments »
Letters FROM Congress
What does congress think about the Fair Tax (H.R.25)? Fifty-three representatives in the house have signed the act; seven new cosponsors this year. In comparison, the Flat Tax (H.R.1040) has only five cosponsors in addition ...
Posted by Bill Rook · No Comments »
Texas Hits Grand Slam for the Fair Tax
April 3, 2006 · Category: News
Senator John Cornyn (R) from Texas moves from a scorecard rating of “Will Not Commit” to “Official Cosponsor” of the Fair Tax Act of 2005 (S.25). This is the second Senator to stand up ...
Posted by Bill Rook · No Comments »
Potential Presidential Candidate Supports NRST
March 26, 2006 · Category: News, Political Support
From the Associated Press story "Chicago businessman gauging run at White House":
A wealthy Chicago investment adviser, John Cox, is in the state this weekend hoping to get support in his effort to secure the GOP ...
Posted by Joshua Zader · 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 »
