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The Next American Tax Rebellion Has Begun

March 1, 2010  ·  Category: Articles, Media Citings, News
Michael Reagan writes My father, Ronald Reagan, battled successfully to simplify the tax code but his work has been largely undone. The arrogance of those who use the tax code to manipulate citizen ...
Posted by Morphh  ·  1 Comment »

Global Taxation…

January 21, 2010  ·  Category: News, Special Interests
Let’s count the taxation ways - Sales taxes, School taxes, Property taxes, Village taxes, County taxes, State taxes, Federal taxes, fee taxes, etc.  I think there is a song for this. And now Global taxation… The ...
Posted by Morphh  ·  No Comments »

Minnesota Introduces World’s First Carbon Tariff

January 6, 2010  ·  Category: News
The first carbon tax to reduce the greenhouse gases from imports comes not between two nations, but between two states. Minnesota has passed a measure to stop carbon at its border with North Dakota. To ...
Posted by Morphh  ·  4 Comments »

5.4% Health Surtax, Taxpayers in 39 States Would Pay a Top Tax Rate Over 50%

July 16, 2009  ·  Category: News, Presidential Commission
Updated Tax Foundation report shows that 39 states would see top tax rates exceed 50% under a health care funding plan announced today by House Democrats. New taxes to fund the federal government's plan for higher ...
Posted by Morphh  ·  9 Comments »

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  ·  13 Comments »

The FairTax is alive in the 111th Congress

January 7, 2009  ·  Category: News, Political Support, Press Releases
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  ·  28 Comments »

Just What This Downturn Demands: A Consumption Tax

January 3, 2009  ·  Category: Articles, News
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

January 3, 2009  ·  Category: IRS, News
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?

September 22, 2008  ·  Category: Articles, News
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

August 20, 2008  ·  Category: Education, News
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 ...
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Kepner debates Boortz

August 18, 2008  ·  Category: Mailbag, News
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 ...
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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 ...
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Linder Town Hall News

May 6, 2008  ·  Category: Events, News, Political Support
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

April 16, 2008  ·  Category: Activism, News, Political Support, Press Releases
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?

March 29, 2008  ·  Category: Mailbag, News
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”

September 12, 2007  ·  Category: Events, News
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 »