The FairTax -- The Truth By Neal Boortz

Townhall.com ^ | November 27, 2007 | Neal Boortz

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UPDATE!

http://boortz.com/nuze/index.html http://boortz.com/nuze/index.html FAIRTAX, THE TRUTH ... COMING TOMORROW

Yes, I know I dwell on this a lot in the Nuze. Web Guy tells me that I get emails every day telling me that I'm just in this for the money. You know, there is just no way in the world you're going to escape those types of criticisms. So I don't let them slow me down a bit. Trust me, if I was going to write another book for the money it wouldn't be on taxes and it wouldn't be coming out in a trade paperback format that you can buy for under 10 bucks.

Anyway ....

A lot has happened since we shocked the DC establishment with the FairTax book in 2005. Books on taxes just flat-out don't debut No. 1. The FairTax Book did. Since that time it has been virtually impossible for any Congressman or Senator to show up at a town hall meeting without having to field questions on the FairTax.

Over the past three years I've been buried under stacks of letters from these elected officials .. letters sent to constituents in response to queries about the FairTax. To put it in polite language ... I've never seen such a collection of unadulterated bullshit in my entire life. That, my friends, is why Congressman Linder and I wrote FairTax, The Truth.

Some have asked if this new book explains the FairTax in detail. I'll give that a qualified yes. You don't, however, get the benefit of the complete story behind the FairTax and our current tax system. More importantly, I think, is the fact that FairTax, The Truth responds to the misinformation, confusion and outright lies that have been spread throughout the media relating to the FairTax:

*** The FairTax does not increase the price of everything you buy by 30%
*** The FairTax does not put an increased burden on the poor. It literally "untaxes" them.
*** The FairTax does not destroy the middle class. *** Scientologists had nothing to do with it.
***What is the truth behind the "you get to keep your whole paycheck" concept
*** Retired Americans living on their investments and savings are not "double taxed" by the FairTax.
*** FairTax rate will not have to be 40, 50 or 60 percent.
*** The FairTax will not "destroy" our economy, no more than nutritious food would damage a starving child.

We've been listening for a couple of weeks now about some sort of a grand economic stimulus plan from our keepers in Washington. They're idea of economic stimulus is to put about $600 or so in the hands of millions of carefully selected Americans ... .selected on the basis of vote-buying. It's a joke, my friends. All these politicians have been doing is trying to target some specific voters out there with a little walking-around money in order to get their support in November.

*** You want economic stimulus? Great .. I'll give you some economic stimulus. How about making the United States the number one tax haven for business in the entire world?
*** How about freeing up anywhere from $300 to $500 that is spent by Americans and businesses to comply with our current tax code? *** How about bringing some of that $13 trillion – that's with a "t" – that has been working overseas to escape our punishing tax system, bringing that money back home to work here, in our economy.
*** Instead of giving some households a $600 goodie just this once, how about giving every legal household in this country hundreds of dollars every month to offset the taxes on their basic necessities.
*** How about totally removing the tax component from all capital and labor in this country.
*** How about letting people invest with untaxed dollars, and then not taxing the profits from those investments? To paraphrase Crocodile Dundee ... "Economic stimulus? That's not economic stimulus. This is economic stimulus."

Come on, folks ... we can DO this. It is clear that the politicians have to be drug into this kicking and screaming ... as does anyone who thinks that America is great because of government. You have to remember ... you're still running the show out there. Every single one of those congressmen out there is up for reelection this year ... and your vote counts just as much as the next voters.

This election year is showing all of us just how elected officials like to manipulate the tax code in order to favor their constituents and punish those who don't vote for them. For months now we've been hearing calls for more taxes on the rich, more rebates for the poor, and a variety of ideas as to how to use the tax code to change people's behavior. This has to stop.

Many historians have written that this country will be doomed to destruction once a good segment of the voters figure out that they can use their ballots on election day to reach into the pockets of those who have more money, and grab some for themselves. The FairTax will make people keep their hands in their own pockets, not yours. Don't you just love the idea of watching the moving vans pull up to those law offices on K Street after the FairTax is implemented? All those thousands of lawyer-lobbyists packing their gear to move off to greener pastures somewhere else ... weeping at the loss of their six-figure incomes earned by manipulating the current tax system for the benefit of their clients.

We can do it. We can drag these politicians kicking and screaming to the FairTax. We can make them willing – though reluctantly – participants in the greatest transfer of power from the government to the people since our Constitution was ratified. We can do it with our emails, our letters, our confrontations at town hall meetings, our persistence and our votes. This country is too precious to do anything else.

FairTax, The Truth, Answering the Critics hits the book stores tomorrow. Buy one. Buy a few. This week is crucial. We sell enough copies – the book debuts at or near the top – and every single vote-hunting politician inside the Beltway knows that this idea is still alive, still strong, and still something to be reckoned with. If you can't get to a book store, click here for Amazon.com and here for Barnes & Noble.com. You'll have your book by the end of the week.