Special Interests Archive
Immigration and the FairTax
From reader Earl Foreman:
I would like to see or hear some comment on the immigration issues that are currently in the news. It seems to me the issue of illegal immigration might be eased ...
Posted by Joshua Zader · 4 Comments »
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 »
The BOINC Challenge
January 18, 2006 · Category: Activism, Special Interests
Let's have some fun and play with science. The FairTaxScorecard issues a challenge to all online Fair Tax Supporters to unite and show our strength while supporting scientific research with distributed ...
Posted by Bill Rook · 1 Comment »
Mises Institute Slams FairTax Book
Writing for the free-market Ludwig von Mises Institute, Laurence Vance can't find enough bad things to say about the FairTax Book.
As far as I can tell, his basic gripe is that the FairTax ...
Posted by Joshua Zader · 7 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 »
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 »
Protecting the Poor from Paying Taxes
September 24, 2005 · Category: Education, Special Interests
Many people view sales taxes as a "regressive" form of taxation and have conerns about its impact on the poor and middle class. Fortunately, these issues have been thought through very carefully by the ...
Posted by Joshua Zader · 2 Comments »
Taxes as Behavior Modification
September 23, 2005 · Category: Education, Special Interests
(This entry originally posted May 25, 2005 at unrepentantindividual.com. The argument is more for tax simplification and the immorality of taxing to encourage/discourage certain behaviors than the FairTax, but I thought it might be ...
Posted by Brad Warbiany · 8 Comments »
Environmental Benefits of the FairTax
September 7, 2005 · Category: Education, Special Interests
Paul Gessing provides some good insights in his new article "Environmental Benefits of the FairTax."
An excerpt:
Environmentalists should be licking their chops at the possibilities the FairTax presents for creating widespread environmental improvements throughout American society. ...
Posted by Joshua Zader · 1 Comment »
How Do Senior Citizens Fare under the FairTax Plan?
Reader Ray Brandes writes:
I am writing to you because of an issue that I don't think is getting the attention it deserves. I have just finished reading Boortz's book and if it is all true ...
Posted by Joshua Zader · 80 Comments »
