Question of the Week This week we would like to ask you about our online tax revolt march on Washington. 1. Would you be willing to ask Sean Hannity to be an on-line tax revolt march leader? (Click here to send your message.) Take this week's FairTax Survey Now » Last week, we asked you if you thought Tax Reform Groups are doing enough: 1. Do You Think Other Tax Reform Groups are Doing Enough to Bring About Fundamental Change? FairTax News AOL Politics is running the following editorial by FairTax National Victory Campaign Chairman, Ken Hoagland. You can see it here on FairTax Friday:
A Tax Rebellion is Brewing: by Ken Hoagland
In a little over a month Americans will have to again file their tax returns and many will once again be reminded that no other public policy so reinforces a perception of self-dealing, unfairness and incompetence as the corrupted federal income tax code.
Bloated beyond decipherability at 67,500 pages of regulations, the income tax system is driven by personal power, lobby profits and, through tax inducements and penalties, a changing menu of citizen and business manipulation.
It's so complicated that both the Secretary of the Treasury and the Chairman of the Congressional Committee writing tax laws got their own tax returns wrong. Just obeying federal tax laws costs taxpayers more than $300 billion a year in compliance costs and the system comes up $350 billion short annually of what is actually owed. It's so unfair that Warren Buffet's salary-earning secretary pays a higher tax rate than her billionaire boss.
Married people pay higher rates than singles living together, income is commonly double and tripled taxed, and Congress' error in failing to index the Alternative Minimum Tax for inflation now threatens to define as "wealthy" those with as little as $80,000 annual income. Somehow, in a country that defined the separation of church and state, the tax code is so intrusive that pastors are told what they can and can't say from the pulpit.
And while millions of Americans suffer unemployment and our economy is struggling to recover, the tax code self-destructively gives foreign competitors significant producer cost advantages over American companies. It gets worse--small American businesses, the hope for employment growth, suffer $700 compliance costs for every $100 in taxes paid according to recent studies and every new hire requires significant new FICA taxes.
Read more» What You Can Do: Join the On-line Tax Revolt here: www.onlinetaxrevolt.com Travel to Washington, D.C. for "Operation FairTax Victory" Add your name to the petition demanding a fair and balanced hearing on the FairTax by the House Ways and Means Committee. Attend an Online FairTax Issue Training "Webinar". WHAT: Understanding the FairTax webinar for March 2010 SPECIAL TOPIC: Comparing the FairTax to the Flat Tax WHEN: Thursday Mar. 25, 2010 TIME: 8 8:45pm Eastern Time 7 7:45pm Central, 6 6:45 Mountain, 5 5:45 Pacific WHERE: Your home, your Personal Computer WHY: To provide an interactive forum for people who cannot get to local meetings to learn about the FairTax and to present Special Topics that are frequently misunderstood or not generally discussed. Education is the weapon of the FairTax grassroots organizations and we are Educating the Nation on the web. 2010 is a pivotal year with extremely important mid term elections. We have a window from now until the end of October to educate enough people about the FairTax to get candidates who are FairTax supporters elected. Join Marc Manieri Americans for Taxation Community Coordinator in the Greater Orlando, Florida Area. Marc's webinars are drawing national participation from seasoned FairTax supporters as well as those just getting started as a supporter. We help build the knowledge base of those on the front lines as well as those wanting to know what the FairTax is about. We educate candidates and sitting Congressional Representatives on the merits of the FairTax. Many participants have asked Marc if the presentation is available to them. The answer is yes. Marc sends an email to each participant following the webinar. Just reply asking for the Power Point presentation and notes. Marc will email it to you. To participate it is necessary to pre-register at this web link https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/935842099 You will receive a confirmation email with instructions for signing in at the time of the Webinar. For additional information contact Marc Manieri, 407-719-5117. |
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