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FAIRTAX CALCULATOR www.fairtaxcalculator.org Do you have questions on what FairTax will cost your family? Have doubts about it's progressiveness? Worried it will place an unfair burden on the poor, the middle class, the young or the seniors? Time to put the hype aside and stop listening to all the spin. Why not just find out exactly what FairTax will mean to your own personal bottom line? It's easy. Just go to the FairTax Calculator, input your gross income. Approximate your 8 "fair tax deductions" which represent your yearly tax free spending. Give your family size to determine your "monthly prebate"....

By Dave Williams Staff Writer dave.williams@gwinnettdailypost.com DULUTH - U.S. Rep. John Linder has said for years that only a groundswell among the American people will convince Congress to scrap the Internal Revenue Service and replace it with a national sales tax. Wednesday night's rally at a jammed Gwinnett Convention Center in support of Linder's FairTax bill looked a lot like the popular uprising the Duluth Republican has envisioned since he introduced what has become his signature legislation in 1999. "The grass roots are working,'' said Joseph Gullett of Norcross, motioning to more than 100 people gathered outside the convention center...

I just heard on Fridays Springer Show that he endorses a national sales tax " as long as it is graduated and the first 20K of purchases if free". Please confirm!

-1- An Open Letter to the President, the Congress, and the American people Concerning Reform of the Federal Tax Code Dear Mr. President, Members of Congress, and Fellow Americans, We, the undersigned business and university economists, welcome and applaud the ongoing initiative to reform the federal tax code. We urge the President and the Congress to work together in good faith to pass and sign into federal law H.R. 25 and S. 25, which together call for: • Eliminating all federal income taxes for individuals and corporations, • Eliminating all federal payroll withholding taxes, • Abolishing estate and capital gains...

A taxing idea Tom Wright envisions a world with no IRS, where Wal-Mart, Target, Macy's and the rest of the nation's shopkeepers are the federal tax collectors. And he says close to 600,000 Americans agree with him, including political leaders with the clout to make it happen.Wright is the executive director of Americans for Fair Taxation (www.fairtax.org), a group backing legislation to replace all federal income, payroll and corporate taxes with a 30 percent national sales tax on all new goods and services. Supporters say the tax would free Americans from mountains of paperwork, eliminate loopholes and tax fraud, encourage...

I have a few questions for the FairTax experts to answer! Beyond section 1 of HR25, where it repeals the existing Income Tax legislation, after reading further into the bill...

IT'S TIME; THIS IS IT! Tell them you want the FairTax! The President's panel wants to know what you want to do about tax reform. President's Tax Panel To Hear Tax Reform Proposals Jeffrey Kupfer, executive director of the Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform, said the panel is seeking public comment on specific tax reform plans before April 29, 2005. The public is asked to submit comments my mail or email (but not both). Send by mail to: The President's Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform 1440 New York Avenue NW Suite 2100 Washington, DC 20220 Send by email...

A national sales tax By George Will March 31, 2005 WASHINGTON -- The power to tax involves, as Chief Justice John Marshall said, the power to destroy. So does the power of tax reform, which is one reason why Rep. John Linder, a Georgia Republican, has a 133-page bill to replace 55,000 pages of tax rules. His bill would abolish the IRS and the many billions of tax forms it sends out and receives. He would erase the federal income tax system -- personal and corporate income taxes, the regressive payroll tax and self-employment tax, capital gains, gift and estate...

WASHINGTON — President Bush's tax reform panel listened Wednesday to the pros and cons of taxing money earned or money spent, leading one member to say that a hybrid should be considered. "It has merit," said John Breaux, a former senator from Louisiana and the panel's Democratic vice chairman.

AUTOMATED PAYMENT TRANSACTION (APT) TAX Taxation technology for the 21st century Dr. Edgar L. Feige, Professor Emeritus of Economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the originator of the APT Tax concept, has just produced new estimates suggesting that a broad-based transaction tax as low as six tenths of one percent could replace the entire Federal and State 2005 budget revenue requirements of the United States of America. The APT concept is elegant in its simplicity - potentially replacing the entire federal and state tax system - including income, corporate profits, excise and estate taxes - in favor of a...

"I'm not exactly sure how big the national sales tax is going to have to be, but it's kind of an interesting idea that we ought to explore seriously," the president said. The next day administration officials said Bush was not considering such a reform. John Kerry's campaign quickly condemned a national sales tax, and Bush for potentially supporting it. “If [Bush] has his way, every trip to the supermarket will feel like a visit to H&R Block and every day will be April 15. And now that this plan has been exposed, George W. Bush is trying to mislead...

FairTax Foul Play Tax reform is being spun negative in the South Carolina race for the Senate. By Paul J. Gessing Inez Tenenbaum, the Democratic party’s choice for the open Senate seat for South Carolina, has chosen to make tax reform, specifically her opposition to it, the centerpiece issue of her candidacy. At every opportunity she has attacked her Republican opponent, Congressman Jim DeMint, and his plan to eliminate the IRS and replace the current system with a national retail sales tax. A recent Tenenbaum ad accused DeMint of “supporting a new 23 percent tax on middle class families” that...

It seems like everyone has heard of the idea of a nation sales tax, but few people have looked at the idea in depth enough to really know about it. While the potential benefits are many, I'm just going to focus on two areas that are hardly ever mentioned: criminals and the current trade deficit. CriminalsOne of the great flaws of a federal income tax is that those who live 'outside' the system, criminals including illegal aliens, never pay into the system. They reap all the benefits of being an honest citizen without ever paying a single dime towards the...

Almost everyone can agree that replacing the federal income tax with a national sales tax, an idea recently proposed by House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert, a Republican from Illinois, would simplify things. It would crumple up the IRS and deposit it in the wastebasket of history, along with tax filings, record keeping, audits and federal withholdings. The complications come with the debate about whether the proposal is fair. Conservatives are calling a national sales tax the most intriguing idea since the flat tax, which publisher Steve Forbes centered his presidential campaign on four years ago. President Bush has said it's...

Taxes: President Bush caused quite a stir by saying a consumption tax is an "interesting idea that we ought to explore seriously." Well, why not?Not that we advocate a consumption tax — also known as a national sales tax — but it's nice to hear some discussion about overhauling our tax code, which has become an absurd disgrace.As the chart shows, there are now nearly 50,000 pages of federal tax rules. That makes our tax code larger than the Encyclopedia Britannica — and far more complex.This is more than just a shame. It's an epic waste of time and money....

In a campaign forum yesterday in Niceville, Fla., President Bush spoke positively about ending the income tax and replacing it with a national sales tax. "It's an interesting idea," Bush told an "Ask President Bush" forum, Reuters reported. "You know, I'm not exactly sure how big the national sales tax is going to have to be, but it's the kind of interesting idea that we ought to explore seriously." As WorldNetDaily reported, in his upcoming book, "Speaker: Lessons from Forty Years in Coaching and Politics," House Speaker Dennis Hastert says dumping the IRS – sure to be immensely popular with...

WASHINGTON (AP)--Administration officials denied Wednesday that U.S. President George W. Bush is considering a national sales tax, a day after the Republican incumbent said such a tax is "an interesting idea that we ought to explore seriously." "The president has always believed in lower taxes and a simpler, fairer tax code," White House spokesman Scott McClellan said. But, he added, "There's nothing more to announce at this time." Later, two administration officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Bush wasn't considering a national sales tax. Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry suggested Bush's comments - made to a supporter...

HUMAN EVENTS Interview: Herman Cain Will Crusade Against Income Tax Posted Oct 3, 2003 Human Events: When you speak about replacing the tax code, what would you replace it with? CAIN: I would replace it with a national sales tax/consumption tax. It has already been introduced by Congressman John Linder [R.-Ga.] in the House. It has been well-researched by an organization called Americans for Fair Taxation started in 1995. It has been well-researched, well-documented. It has a lot of support from economists, intellectuals, academics, practitioners, business people. There's a lot of support for it. The consumption tax would provide, on...

I am an engineer so I love a good problem and illegal immigration certainly fits that bill. First, let me say that I believe that those who do venture to this country are among the brightest and hardest working individuals that the world has to offer. Certainly it takes a special person to consciously decide to make such a radical change in their life. Having said that, the idea of being in opposition to the law tends to make such an individual operate in a manner that seeks to avoid detection. Accordingly, such a person would be hesitant to register...

Dear Josh: Thank you for making me aware of your idea for a National Sales Tax. I appreciate you sharing your thoughts with me on this matter. Like you, I believe our current tax code needs to be reformed. It is too complicated and I agree that we need to work on a bipartisan basis to significantly overhaul and simplify it. However, I have some concerns about the level of taxation which would be necessary in order to fund general government outlays and Social Security if a sales tax was the government's only source of income. Studies done by the...

There is an important distinction to be made concerning a "national sales tax" as proposed to replace current taxation, and the method of taxing consumption as intended by the Founding Fathers. A national sales tax would give Congress an across the board percentage of our economy by laying an internal tax, whether such revenue is needed or not. The Founder's method of taxing consumption began with an external tax on imports at our water's edge, and was extended to reach internal consumption only if external taxation were found insufficient. It is important to study our nation's first revenue raising Act...

Tax Reform Tuesday! On Tuesday April 15th, infamously known as “Tax Day”, CSE is providing a toll-free hotline so that you can tell Congress to Scrap the Code! CALL 1-888-564-6273 Remember to let Congress know that President Bush’s Budget is the first step to reforming the tax code. Please share this number with your friends and family and tell them to call on TAX REFORM TUESDAY April 15th CALL 1-888-564-6273 On April 15th and you’ll receive a free “Scrap the Code” button or bumper sticker!

[I was asked by a journalist about the issue of alternative means of taxation: income tax or consumption tax. Here is my answer.] The tax shift is one of the great games of government. In the game, the government uses the prospect of lowering one tax in order to buy support for raising another. The proposal to move from an income tax to a consumption tax is a good example of the game. The essential key to understanding the trick is to realize that the government wants money and is going to get it one way or another. Zig zagging...

While I'm certain this thread will be lost in the run-up to our impending war on Iraq, it makes me feel better to vent on a dreary, rainy Atlanta Monday. You've probably seen them in YOUR local rags: Those large ads headlined something like "H&R BLOCK TAX COURSE BEGINS OCTOBER 7th" The text of the 6" x 8" black bordered (how appropriate!)layout in Atlanta contained phrases such as "During the 8-week course, in addition to learning the nuts and bolts of preparation, you will receive clear explanations of the EVER-CHANGING tax laws and HOW TO USE THEM TO YOUR ADVANTAGE"...

IPI Calls for Immediate, Dramatic Tax Reform; Institute Contemplates The Tom Paine v. Charles Darwin Approach to Economic Prosperity Tue Jul 2, 9:42 AM ET To: National and Business Desks Contact: Misty Woodruff of the IPI Center for Tax Analysis, 888-557-4474 or E-mail: misty@ ipi.org; Web site: http://www.ipi.org DALLAS, July 2 /U.S. Newswire/ -- According to the Institute for Policy Innovation, the United States employs a revenue system that contradicts America's values, undermines its global competitiveness, deceives taxpayers, restrains innovation and productivity, and causes painful socioeconomic divisions among its citizens. The Institute's recent research has shown that instead of serving...