from Congressman John Linder
Found this on Boortz.com from one of the writers of The Fair Tax Book:
I am becoming more and more hopeful that the FairTax will see passage. There's not a huge following yet, but I'm confident that the more people who learn of it, will support it and demand their congressmen and senators support it as well. We own this country, not career politicians or special interests.
Don't know what the Fair Tax is? Read the Book. If you don't like it, you must be a Democrat, or you haven't bothered to read the book... or both.
Thank you for coming by my webpage to show your enthusiasm for the FairTax. This effort to abolish the IRS, save American jobs, and rescue the American economy can only happen with your and your neighbor's support, so please know how grateful I am for your interest.
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 FairTax, and you are a big part of it. I have always said that the FairTax will never win alone in Washington, D.C.; instead, the FairTax will win among Americans in living rooms and at kitchen tables across this country, and the American voter will then demand action in Washington, D.C.
In the last two months, the FairTax has put a book atop the New York Times Bestsellers list and generated unprecedented grassroots support across the nation. That grassroots support is now paying dividends in Washington, D.C. In the last 45 days we have added a record six new Congressmen and one new Senator as supporters and cosponsors of the H.R. 25/S. 25, the FairTax bill in Congress. Perhaps it was your phone call or letter to one of these offices that made the difference, so let me list the names of these new supporters below:
Senator Tom Coburn (Oklahoma)
Congressman Henry Brown (South Carolina)
Congressman Dan Burton (Indiana)
Congressman John Carter (Texas)
Congressman John (Jimmy) Duncan (Tennessee)
Congressman Duncan Hunter (California)
Congressman Tom Tancredo (Colorado)
As you can see, these members come from all parts of the country, and they have added their names to the FairTax not because I asked them to but rather because you and your neighbors-their constituents-asked them to. This is how the FairTax will come to pass in Congress.
As of today, the FairTax has a combined 46 Congressional cosponsors in the House and Senate-more cosponsors than any other fundamental tax reform bill-and with your help, I am certain that we will add even more before the year ends.
Let me say it again: only with your support have we achieved this much, and only with your continued enthusiasm will we ultimately succeed. Tell your family, tell your friends, tell your neighbors and tell your coworkers. Tell anyone who will listen that the American voter is running this country and that Washington will respond to the voter's demands. If your neighbor doesn't believe it, tell them this:
From mid-May of this year through the end of September-more than four months-not a single member of Congress added his or her name to the FairTax bill. Yet, in just the last 45 days, amid a flurry of constituent phone calls, letters and town hall meetings, seven Congressmen and Senators have asked that their names be added. Why? Because politicians will listen to you! Keep talking.
Thank you again for visiting my webpage, and feel free to forward this email to anyone who you believe will find it useful. Come back anytime to linder.house.gov or fairtaxnow.org, and, together, we will make tax reform a reality.
Thank you,
John Linder
I am becoming more and more hopeful that the FairTax will see passage. There's not a huge following yet, but I'm confident that the more people who learn of it, will support it and demand their congressmen and senators support it as well. We own this country, not career politicians or special interests.
Don't know what the Fair Tax is? Read the Book. If you don't like it, you must be a Democrat, or you haven't bothered to read the book... or both.
2 Comments:
A piece of legislation that puts millions of people out of a job in ONE day. Yeah that's a great thing for the country. There probably are ways to simplify the tax code, but throwing the baby out with the bath water isn't one of them.
If you seriously believe that, well... but then, you obviously do. Tell me, what do people do when they learn the Plant is going to close down, or the Auto Manufactory, or the Airline? They begin looking for work, and the companies often help in that, as well as offering a nice severance. Why should this be any different?
Furthermore, why should 250 million continue to be shafted under the current system just to keep 1-2 million working? That's lunacy. Besides which, with the billions we'd save just in compliance costs of the current tax system, we could use those billions for 1 or 2 years to pay all these people a severance. We could also offer re-training to those who will certainly need it.
Your argument that millions will be out of work, is a poor excuse for staying with a system that enslaves the poor and robs the rich. Things change, without fail, and people are ALWAYS hurt by it. But these self same millions you worry about will benefit from the FairTax. And the poor would be effectively released from all tax obligations. The one's who need help the most will get a free ride.
C'mon, you've read the book! I loaned it to you! You're arguing simply for the sake of arguing. Which is cool, but don't expect me to give you a free pass. Call it my own FairTax on Lunacy.
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