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The nerve of that Marine Corps recruiter telling me I'll too old to re-up! I said, "But I'm a 2nd Force Recon Scout Sniper that can still pic-a-tic off a gnat's ass @ 1K meters, in a snow storm! We lay-in-wait, and over the last 30 years I've had a lot of experience. Snipers only need to be able to "snoop & poop" and carry a 50 caliber. We don't have to do 50 squat thrusts before lights out, or hump 20 miles in full pack before sunrise! Put me up against your best 20 year old. It takes a ...

Unfair Taxation Violating Our Sacred Constitution By Michael Louis Minns Over two centuries ago, the Battle Cry in Boston - “No Taxation without Representation!”- was heard around the world. This Battle Cry led to the debates, and then a war to form “a More Perfect Union.” And when the new government, dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal, was finally formed, the Founding Fathers assured us that there would be no “unfair tax” to contradict that doctrine. According to Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, “The Congress shall have to Power to lay and ...

"Fair Tax" FReepers...Prepare For***CYBER-WAR***How To Raise $13.7 BILLION PER YEAR For The War EffortPHASE I - Educate & Motivate Everyone You Know . . . If we do nothing, our children and grandchildren can expect to pay 84% of their income in taxes. It's called "Tax-Creep", that will continue to grow unless we stop it now! This "beast that must be fed" is the Internal Revenue Code. It's like a drug to the politicans that the Gucci Gulch crowd sells them, and almost every one of them are hooked.They will continue to dance to "Tiptoe Through The Tax code Tinkering ...

Woman leads fight to replace income tax Sunday, September 16, 2001 By John K. Ryan The Star An effort to change the nation's tax collection system has help from a south suburban woman. Marilyn Rickert, an Oak Forest resident, is the Illinois director of Americans For Fair Taxation. The group advocates the elimination of the current income tax code and replacing it with a single rate national sales tax collected only at the final point of purchasing goods and services. Rickert said the initiative is the fairest way for Americans to pay their taxes. "Everyone will be treated the same ...

Today our headquarters has been hearing from Volunteers and members from across America about the devastation that has violated the spirit of our sacred nation. Tax reform is less urgent than confronting the biggest challenge our country has ever faced, but we are Americans, and we do challenges very well. The first step towards healing comes from the determination that we will not allow a victory for cowardice and terrorism. If the goal was to bring the U.S.A. to its knees, then we must respond by defiantly leaping to our feet. Those of you who donate your time, energy, and ...

How to fix the Illegal Alien, Unequal Trade, and Economic Problems of America Illegal Aliens: Illegal aliens do not contribute to our tax base. They will “work for less” on a cash basis, because they will not have payroll taxes taken out of their pay, nor will they pay an income tax. As a result, money earned in the United States (untaxed) is sent to their home countries, where that dollar will purchase much more for less. It’s difficult to put the blame on these people, when all they want to do is provide for their family back home. If ...

If my experience is any indication, center-left opinion journalists spend a lot of time wondering whether the people who write conservative economics polemics, the sort of supply-side screeds that appear from time to time on The Wall Street Journal editorial page, are shamelessly dishonest or just not particularly bright. Fortunately, sometimes the authors make that determination for us. There are times when the particular claim being made is so far beyond the pale that no one capable of stringing together two sentences could honestly believe it. (I'm thinking here of articles attributing the late '90s economic boom to the Reagan ...

The Honorable George W. Bush 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Washington, DC 20500 Dear Mr. President, I am encouraged that you are interested in fundamental tax reform. I support the FairTax bill introduced in the House of Representatives, on July 17th, 2001. The bill number is H.R. 2525, and it will replace the income tax and the I.R.S., along with self-employment, capital gains, estate, gift and all payroll taxes. Funding for Social Security and Medicare will be provided by the FairTax revenue, not paychecks. Both sides of the aisle will support this bill. The poor and the elderly will benefit greatly. ...

For Immediate Release September 1, 2001 Contact: Genie Hayes 1-800-FAIRTAX ext. 105 The I.R.S.'s Dirty Little Secret: Hidden Taxes An Institute for Policy Innovation report by Bryan Riley, Eric V. Schlecht, and Dr. John Berthoud shows that the employers "share of payroll taxes is actually absorbed by the employees.  According to Dr. Berthoud, "As small business owners know, employers don't really pay half of payroll taxes.  Instead, they're forced to lower an employee's salary to cover the costs associated with these taxes, which adds up to about $862 per year per employee" (Business Wire 8/28/2001).  As the synopsis of ...

Institute for Policy Innovation: Americans Paying $2,462 a Year More in Taxes Than They Think; Many `Hidden' Taxes Not Exposed to Taxpayers 08/28/2001 Business Wire (Copyright (c) 2001, Business Wire) DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 28, 2001--Americans are unaware of the $657.5 billion they spend every year on 'hidden' taxes, making it impossible for them to evaluate whether they're getting their moneys' worth from the government, according to a new study released by the Institute for Policy Innovation (IPI). "When you couple income taxes with 'hidden' and other taxes, the total tax burden is equal to 56 percent of annual personal consumption spending," ...

This article is dedicated to Marcia Regan, our very own dittomom, who is the driving force behind the effort to Recall McCain.The ONLY Campaign Finance Fix: Destroy Gucci GulchPrevious Thread Don't you just love to watch Senators McCain and Feingold admit how "money" can influence policy decisions? It's like a drug to the politicians, and almost everyone of them is hooked. They claim to be The Voice Of The People if we allow them to tinker with the First Amendment- but they can never make up their minds: Ban soft money - No, reduce soft money and increase hard money ...

July 18, 2001 RE: Endorsement of the FairTax To Whom It May Concern: I would like to lend my support and personal endorsement to the FairTax proposal, now before Congress as H.R. 2525. Our current system has become so unnecessarily complicated and riddled with loopholes that it is virtually impossible for the layperson to be able to understand it. The compliance burden placed on business is exerting a huge drag on the economy and is driving costs up for the consumer. Worse yet, the current system penalizes hard work, savings, and investment, thereby further crippling the economy and national productivity. ...

Moynihan-Parsons Commission Paves Way for Privatization Social Security Panel Tells Truth By Stephen Moore The Week of August 6, 2001 American workers owe the President’s Commission to Strengthen Social Security a great debt of gratitude. For the first time ever, an official governmental document has leveled with us about the future finances of Social Security, our national pension program. The commission’s interim report is grim and brutally truthful when it concludes that there is an awesome financial train wreck awaiting Social Security in the next 20-30 years if the system isn’t changed. In the year 2016, we are told, the ...

Why Retailers Should Support the FairTaxSM Retailers Will Be More Profitable Like other firms, retailers will enjoy a zero corporate tax rate and their shareholders will not be taxed on dividends or capital gains on their investments. Retailers will receive a collection fee of 25 basis points on federal funds collected. Compliance costs (discussed below) will be lower by a conservative estimate of $225 billion . The Economy Will Grow, More People Will Have Jobs, Incomes Will Increase More Rapidly Those taxpayers who receive a payroll check will benefit from more disposable income from the first day under the FairTax, ...

The Flat Tax and the FairTax Federal Consumption Tax — A Comparison Both the Flat Tax and the Federal Consumption Tax Are Neutral Toward Savings and Investment The flat tax and the consumption tax both remove the income tax bias against savings and investment. The flat tax accomplishes this result by expensing capital costs and exempting the return on savings. The consumption tax accomplishes this same result by only taxing final consumption sales. Each would result in higher levels of savings and investment, higher rates of capital formation, higher productivity, and higher real incomes. Both the Flat Tax and the ...

The Code Must Go! By Representative John Linder (R-Georgia) July 20, 2001 Contact: Ginny Hudson, 202-225-4272 In a July 16th article in the New York Times, Richard Stevenson reports that the White House, following passage of its signature tax cut, is turning its attention toward “overhauling or replacing the entire federal tax code.” Also on July 16th, the Memphis Commercial Appeal ran a Scripps Howard piece by Lance Gay reporting that the IRS was celebrating that they succeeded in reducing the error rate for agents giving advice to taxpayers from 81 percent to 73 percent. These, by the way, are ...

Congressman John Linder (R-GA) and Congressman Collin Peterson (D-MN) Sponsor the FairTax Act of 2001, H.R. 2525 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA - July 17, 2001 – Congressman John Linder (R-GA) and Congressman Collin Peterson (D-MN) reintroduced the FairTax Act late last night, and it was reassigned H.R. 2525 as its bill number. The two Congressmen are the primary sponsors of this bill, and they lead a bipartisan group of cosponsors who champion this fair and simple fundamental tax reform proposal. The FairTax is a single-rate, federal consumption tax collected only once, at the final point of purchase for personal consumption. Congressman ...

ELECTION 2002:A Conservative Winning AgendaATTN: All GOP Congressmen and Senators:It looks like the democrats are trying to steal your idea:Demos drafting own Contract with America Conservatives waited 40 years to win control of both House of Congress and in 1994 this feat was achieved. You gave us "The Contract With America" that resonated well. Many points of the Contract were passed, some were hung up in the Senate and some were vetoed. Now we have a chance to accomplish greater things with a GOP POTUS...but you may lose control of Congress, without an agenda. You've already lost control of ...

Resolutions of 2001 Replace Income Taxes with Consumption Taxes We, the Members of the World Taxpayers Associations, an organization comprising 37 member associations from 32 countries on six continents, hereby find that:     many countries with higher taxes on productive activity - work and investment - have lower rates of economic growth, and     the income tax has been shown to be one of the most economically destructive types of tax, and     countries that can redirect consumption towards investment will have higher growth in the long-run. Therefore, be it resolved:     the Members of the World Taxpayers Associations applaud ...

The Six Major Misconceptions about the FairTax1. The 23% "FairTax" National Retail Sales Tax [NRST] is really 30%, and both are too high. God didn't ask for more than 10%. 2. The "revenue neutral" sales tax method of confiscation is not the answer. "Spending" is the problem. 3. Unless you repeal the 16th Amendment first, we will end up with both an income tax and sales tax. 4. Why have the bureaucracy of a rebate mechanism, when you can assist the poor by exempting certain necessities? 5. The Forbes or Armey "Flat Tax" is the way to go. 6. The ...