Political Support Archive
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 »
Who Benefits Most From AMT Reform?
In the news recently, and in Congress, discussion has focused upon how the AMT's net is widening, and the looming "crisis" when it spreads. There's expected to be an enormous (4x or more) increase ...
Posted by Brad Warbiany · 5 Comments »
FairTax Vote?
January 27, 2006 · Category: News, Political Support
I was listening to the radio this morning here in Atlanta, and they were reporting on an interview from a few days ago with Congressman Tom Price (R-GA). Price is one of the cosponsors ...
Posted by Brad Warbiany · 2 Comments »
Bush May Delay Tax Reform Push
Sent to us by reader JP Merrihew:
Tax reform push may be delayed
Sources say recommended initiatives may be too controversial to push in an election year.
December 4, 2005: 6:29 PM EST
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White ...
Posted by Joshua Zader · 6 Comments »
Novak: GOP Retreating on Taxes
December 4, 2005 · Category: Articles, Political Support
I don't know where this originally appeared; it was forwarded to me by e-mail.
Novak: GOP retreating on taxes
Commentary by Robert Novak
The Republican majority in the House of Representatives got out of Washington for the ...
Posted by Joshua Zader · No 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 »
The Three Taxketeers
November 20, 2005 · Category: Activism, Political Support
Representatives John Linder, Steve King, and John Hostettler each have their own version of tax legislation in the house. FairTax advocates need to support these measures:
The FairTax Act of 2005 – H.R.25 ...
Posted by Bill Rook · 1 Comment »
Four New Sponsors in the House
October 27, 2005 · Category: Political Support
According to thomas.loc.gov and FairTaxScorecard.com, four more representatives have signed on as Cosponsors of H.R.25 in October. They are:
Carter, John TX-31 (R) (10/18/05)
Duncan, John TN-2(R) (10/18/05)
Davis, Jo Ann VA-1 (R) (10/28/05)
Poe, Ted TX-2 (R) ...
Posted by Bill Rook · 1 Comment »
Rush Limbaugh Reviews The FairTax Book
October 21, 2005 · Category: Political Support, Reviews
Marilyn Rickert forwards this excerpt from the print version of the Limbaugh Letter:
I have long championed radical tax reform, as you know. I’ve leaned toward the flat tax, rather than a Boortz-Linder-style consumption tax. ...
Posted by Joshua Zader · 8 Comments »
7 New Congressional Co-Sponsors in Past 45 Days
An update from Senator Linder:
Today I am writing with just a brief update about where the FairTax stands. These last two months have been as exciting as any that we have had with the ...
Posted by Joshua Zader · 4 Comments »
128 Representatives, 21 Senators Support FairTax
October 15, 2005 · Category: Articles, Political Support
From a new article by Jim Clark in yesterday's Tahoe Bonanza, in Nevada:
As I reported last month I attended the week-long Western Republican Leadership Conference held aboard an ocean liner plying its way through Alaska's ...
Posted by Joshua Zader · 9 Comments »
Tax Reform Panel Aims to Destroy the Economy
I see Joshua already gave the link to Nealz Nuze, and more information can be found at this MarketWatch article. The panel wants to remove the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT), not because they want ...
Posted by Brad Warbiany · 8 Comments »
Gingrich: Government Fakes Anti-Reform Numbers
Below is an incisive article by Newt Gingrich and Peter Ferrara that appeared a couple weeks ago in the Wall Street Journal. The article provides plenty of empirical evidence for the following take-home-message:
The methodologies ...
Posted by Joshua Zader · 2 Comments »
The K-Street Lobbyists are Stirring
I was out of town when it was originally posted, and just now caught this gem from Neal's Nuze on September 28th:
Last night as I pulled into a parking lot outside of Turner Field (the ...
Posted by Joshua Zader · 1 Comment »
Let’s Throw a FairTax Tea Party
October 9, 2005 · Category: Activism, Political Support
All of the people who write for this blog, and many of those who read it, are passionate about getting the FairTax enacted into law. But at times, it's not easy to get the ...
Posted by Brad Warbiany · 2 Comments »
FairTax SQL Scorecard Available for Beta Testing
I have created an interactive FairTax Scorecard. Support can be viewed by individual states or the entire US. I have included notations for co-sponsors as well as congressional members in the Ways and Means and ...
Posted by Bill Rook · 1 Comment »
Chambliss and Linder Article in the Washington Times
Haven't been able to find the link yet for this story....
Revise the Tax Law
Washington Times
September 27, 2005
By Saxby Chambliss, John Linder, Steve King and Kevin Brady
As the President's Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform prepares ...
Posted by Joshua Zader · No Comments »
Bush With FairTax Book on Air Force One
September 23, 2005 · Category: Activism, Political Support
Here is a picture of President Bush and Georgia Senator Johnny Isakson on Air Force One.
What is the book on the President's desk?
That's right. It is the Fair Tax Book by Georgia Congressman ...
Posted by KJ · No Comments »
The FairTax, Katrina, and the 2006 Elections
An update from Neal Boortz in today's Nuze:
There is no doubt that the story of H.R. 25, the FairTax, has been pushed into the background by the Katrina disaster, and perhaps that is as it ...
Posted by Joshua Zader · No Comments »
Herman Cain: Use FairTax to Avoid Economic Disaster
September 14, 2005 · Category: Political Support
Herman Cain, who has written before on the value of the FairTax, has published a new column titled "Prevent an Economic Disaster" which addresses the economic crisis that could be looming if politicians don't do ...
Posted by Joshua Zader · No Comments »
