Posted on 05/18/2004 10:00:21 AM PDT by ancient_geezer
| Collins Salutes National Small Business Week: Small Businesses are Great for America WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 14) - President Bush has proclaimed next week, the week of May 16-22, as "National Small Business Week", and designated it as a time to celebrate and recognize America's small business entrepreneurs. Congressman Mac Collins (R-Georgia), a small business owner himself, joined the President in commending small businesses and called on Americans to salute small businesses in cities and towns throughout the state of Georgia for the great service they provide to their communities. "I love business, especially small business, because businesses create jobs for the American people," said Collins, a member of the House Ways and Means Committee. "I started a trucking business from scratch, and it took me several years before I made a profit. I have met a payroll. I have hired and trained personnel. I have even done welding and other mechanical work on trucks to keep them rolling," said Collins. "Every new business starts with an idea for a better product or process. These ideas become reality only when confident entrepreneurs are willing to take economic risks. Small businesses are the heart of the American economy because they drive innovation by establishing new firms on the very premise that they can do a better job," according to the Congressman. "Small companies create two-thirds of the new jobs in our economy, and employ half of all private-sector workers. Entrepreneurship has become the path to prosperity for many Americans, including minorities and women." "President Calvin Coolidge said many times, 'The Business of America is business.' I subscribe wholeheartedly to that philosophy," Collins said. However, Collins believes Congress should do more to help small business flourish. "Throughout my years in Congress, I have never forgotten struggling to make a business run. Even though the Republican majority in Congress has worked to support small businesses, excessive regulations and restrictions are unfortunately still a way of life for us. Business needs lower taxes, less regulations and more local control on issues affecting business," the Congressman said. "The role of government", Collins emphasized, "is not to create wealth, but to create an environment where entrepreneurs can flourish. Low taxes and clear, sensible regulations are essential to helping small businesses succeed in America. We also must continue to work to ensure that employees of small businesses have access to high-quality health care and reliable pensions. And for those small businesses that deal with the federal government, the contracting process should be fair, open, and straightforward." "It is all about jobs.We must get more Americans working. The American economy will not improve until more people have more money in their pockets. That is why, I am cosponsoring, along with my colleague John Linder, the FairTax act, that would repeal all income taxes, payroll taxes, self-employment taxes, estate taxes and gift taxes in order for small business to flourish and our economy to keep growing," Collins concluded. |
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John Linder in the House & Saxby Chambliss Senate, offer a comprehensive bill to kill all income and payroll taxes outright, and provide a IRS free replacement in the form of a pure consumption tax:
H.R.25, S.1493
A bill to promote freedom, fairness, and economic opportunity by repealing the income tax and other taxes, abolishing the Internal Revenue Service, and enacting a national retail sales tax to be administered primarily by the States.
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Seems like a lot of pols want to be known for pushing the Fair Tax, eh?
Seems like a lot of pols want to be known for pushing the Fair Tax, eh?
A list of just a few of the primary races where the NRST is an active issue in non-encumbants challenging for a seat.
Mac Collins (US Senate, Georgia)
Herman Cain (US Senate, Georgia)
Herman Cain for United States Senate, state of Georgia 2004
Dennis Umphress, Libertarian (California 16th District)
Glenn Conyers, Republican (Georgia 8th District)
Dr. Paul DeWeese, Republican (Michigan 7th District)
Greg Walburn, Republican (Nebraska 1st District)
Ben Streusand, Republican (Texas 10th District)
Michael McCaul, Republican (Texas 10th District)
Dave Phillips, Republican (Texas 10th District)
John Devine, Republican (Texas 10th District)
Pat Elliot, Republican (Texas 10th District)
I am impressed with the Georgia Republican congressional delegation. Mac Collins looks like another really good one. Support of his quality for the Fair Tax is going to make a difference.
I want to get a weekly FairTax-only thread started. Everyone else interested???
I like the idea.
I'd like to see a weekly thread focusing on only one issue/question/concern. A different issue/question/concern each thread. My recommendation for #1 is TI vs TE rates.
Staying focused would be tough with some of the disruptors we face...but staying focused on one thing at a time would go a long way to providing information to lots of folks.
I'm sure it's a goal of disruptors to prevent others from gaining information on the Fair Tax so it would be a fight- but worthy IMO.
Count me in and I am in agreement with what poster Principled said in his post above.
looks, good to me. Principle's suggestion of the single topic thread is excellent.
"I want to get a weekly FairTax-only thread started. Everyone else interested???"
Count me in - just don't let LewisLynn/balrog666/Liberal Larry/sausageseller know about it. LOL
"I'm sure it's a goal of disruptors to prevent others from gaining information on the Fair Tax so it would be a fight- but worthy IMO."
Actually, there aren't very many disruptors. There is Willy Green, but he has been laying low for a while. Then there is LewisLynn, with all his pseudonymns. Or maybe Lewis Lynn is a pseudonymn .... LOL He seems to have an endless supply.
"I am impressed with the Georgia Republican congressional delegation."
I hope within the next year that you will be impressed with the Georgia Democratic congressional delegation .... at least as it relates to the FairTax ..... LOL
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