Presidential Commission Archive
Uncharacteristically, McCain Misses the Popular Choice
May 15, 2008 · Category: Political Support, Presidential Commission
McCain seems to have a talent for knowing what sells, even if it transcends party direction or consistent political ideology. By not endorsing the FairTax, is he losing his touch? Or maybe he ...
Posted by Mark Bostleman · No Comments »
Stimulate the Economy with the FairTax
January 15, 2008 · Category: Political Support, Presidential Commission
As part of a plan for economic stimulus, presidential candidate Mike Huckabee includes the FairTax:
#5 FAIR: Move Toward FAIR TAXation
- My short-term economic policies will move us toward our long-term economic goal: Simply put, ...
Posted by Patrick Altman · 13 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 »
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 »
Another Think Tank Slams the Presidential Panel
October 21, 2005 · Category: Presidential Commission, Press Releases
From the newswire:
WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 /U.S. Newswire/ -- According to the Institute for Policy Innovation (IPI), a free-market think tank and publisher of "The Roadmap to Tax Reform," a massive project utilizing tax experts from ...
Posted by Joshua Zader · 1 Comment »
New York Times to Review The FairTax Book
From today's Nuze:
The more I read about the president's so-called tax reform panel the worse it gets. Essentially, the panel has done exactly what critics said the panel would do ... propose tax increases for ...
Posted by Joshua Zader · 1 Comment »
Tax Reform Group Blasts Presidential Tax Panel
October 18, 2005 · Category: AFFT Updates, Presidential Commission
A new press release from AFFT:
HOUSTON, Oct. 18 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Americans for Fair Taxation today blasted the Presidential Panel tasked with proposing fundamental changes to the tax system as engaging in, "Fraudulent political theater ...
Posted by Joshua Zader · 2 Comments »
Watching the President’s Tax Panel on C-Span
October 17, 2005 · Category: Presidential Commission
I'm elevating the following remarks by Merrill Bender from the comments section of another post, because they provide valuable (and disconcerting) insight into why the President's tax panel eliminated the FairTax from its list of ...
Posted by Joshua Zader · 6 Comments »
Boortz: Dissolve Presidential Tax Panel
October 15, 2005 · Category: Articles, Presidential Commission
In a new article "Dissolve the President's tax reform panel," Boortz joins others in calling for the dissolution of the President's panel:
When President Bush formed his President’s Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform he charged ...
Posted by Joshua Zader · 19 Comments »
Nonreform Reform
October 14, 2005 · Category: Articles, Presidential Commission
From Investors.com:
Hopes were high that the president's tax reform panel would start the process of vastly improving the nation's tax code. But the commission is about to propose unrealistic half-measures.
'No pain, no gain" is often ...
Posted by Joshua Zader · No Comments »
Tax Hikes (Labeled as Reforms) Go to Washington
October 14, 2005 · Category: Articles, Presidential Commission
An article by Lawrence Hunter and Phil Kerpen in the Hawaii Reporter begins:
The President’s Advisory Panel on Tax Reform got hijacked this week and is heading toward the White House loaded up with tax increases ...
Posted by Joshua Zader · 1 Comment »
‘Where’s the Reform,’ Tax Groups Wonder
October 14, 2005 · Category: Articles, Presidential Commission
A new article on CNSNews.com catalogs some of the early disappointment in response to the President's tax commission. An excerpt:
The Free Enterprise Fund, a group that lobbies for lower taxes, blasted what it called ...
Posted by Joshua Zader · 1 Comment »
A Report Card for the President’s Tax Panel
Now here's a perspective that certainly makes sense.
I just posted this in the comments section of the tax panels web site (www.taxreformpanel.gov). I would like to encourage everyone else to compose their own comments.
On January ...
Posted by Joshua Zader · 13 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 »
President’s Tax “Reform” Panel Ducking True Reform
Today brings disappointing news from the President's so-called Tax Reform Panel. Here's the scoop, via today's Nuze:
The president's so-called tax reform commission telegraphed its intentions several months ago when members stated that they were ...
Posted by Joshua Zader · 7 Comments »
