FairTax Friday | Reflections on Tuesday's FairTax hearing & House floor speech

"You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it." - Margaret Thatcher Feature Article: Reflections on the Hearing Because of your incredible efforts and continued pressure, the FairTax legislation was the subject of a July 26 hearing before the House Committee on Ways and Means.  Did you know that over 50,000 petitions and communications were sent to individual members of the House and the Committee? Thank You! Congratulations to everyone involved in supporting FairTax for once again demonstrating how everyday citizens can and are making a difference! If you missed the hearing you can watch a video replay here.  Many of you have asked how the FairTax panel was selected. The selection of witnesses is at the sole discretion of the Members of the Ways & Means Committee. We want to express our appreciation to Congressman Camp for placing the FairTax on the committee's hearing agenda, to Governor Huckabee for taking time from his busy schedule to fly to Washington and testify in support of the FairTax and to Congressman Rob Woodall for his sponsorship and continued dedication in seeing the FairTax become the law of the land. If you have not seen the Congressman's floor speech to the U.S. House of Representatives, as the hearing was taking place, all we can say is, "Wow!"  Finally, we would be remiss if we didn't say a special thanks to Dr. Laurence J. Kotlikoff and Dr. David G. Tuerck for their efforts in testifying in support of the FairTax. With the hearing now behind us, our work continues. We will continue educating members of the Ways and Means committee by preparing and submitting follow-up testimony with a goal towards: - Correcting misinformation - Clarifying areas of confusion - Answering administrative detail We will be posting this information at www.fairtax.org/hearing and encourage you to utilize it in your continued campaign to individually educate members of the U.S. House and Senate, Governors and other elected officials. Tax reform is now a top Congressional priority. How they proceed depends on you! Grassroots Spotlight: Hearing Activists Congressman Rob Woodall speaking from the Ways and Means committee room: "The members of congress who serve on this committee - we need them to understand the FairTax and be excited about the FairTax." Not only was the July 26 FairTax hearing successful in educating members of the Committee on Ways and Means, it also created such excitement from Americans that the entire committee website was unavailable Tuesday morning! So if you missed the hearing, you can watch a reply here. Our efforts are certainly not at an end with the first dedicated FairTax hearing. We have only started to ignite the wave of support that will force members of an unwilling Congress to accept the transformation of the FairTax over the failing status quo. But that wave is moving faster than before as thousands more Americans agree they'd rather keep their paychecks instead of the IRS. Constituents are forcing Congressional offices to address the FairTax issue and this campaign season's cameras bring even more attention to our cause. We are confident of future success because we know what has driven our movement to this point. As Congressman Woodall said, "I just want you to know I give you all credit for making this happen. This has been a grassroots movement from the start... Thanks for all that you do!" Is someone your FairTax inspiration? Email media@fairtax.org to nominate them for the spotlight! FairTax In the News A fair solution to the budget crisis – Boston Globe Negotiations over the federal debt limit are stalled over whether to provide for spending cuts alone or to combine spending cuts with revenue increases. Just as Democrats think that fairness requires revenue increases, Republicans think they must stand fast against such increases in order to protect the economy from further decline. But there is a way to cut spending and increase revenues while stimulating the economy - by junking the entire federal tax code and putting a consumption tax in its place... Fundamental tax reform seems to be temporarily off the table because of the debt ceiling crisis. But, in fact, one form of fundamental tax reform presents itself as the solution to that crisis. The FairTax commands broad grassroots support and offers the political cover that the president and Congress need in order to come to agreement. The idea is sitting there, just waiting for someone to see the obvious and take credit for it. - David G. Tuerck Woodall Credits Public With Helping Get FairTax Into Hearings – Dacula Patch U.S, Rep. Rob Woodall (R-GA-07) credited the American people with ensuring the FairTax is considered as a viable option for tax reform. The legislation was included during Tuesday's hearings by the Ways and Means Committee on the economic impact of the consumption-based tax models. The FairTax legislation, H.R. 25, now has 62 co-sponsors. "Today's hearing is a giant step forward not only for the FairTax, but for the legislative process," Woodall said in a press release. "The American people are calling for tax reform and the leaders in Washington are responding. By holding hearings and by learning as much as we can about how to move this nation forward in the right fiscal direction, I am certain that the FairTax will rise to the top as the most sensible tax reform solution." Understanding the FairTax Webinar  With Special Topic: The difference between the FairTax inclusive 23% rate versus the 30% exclusive tax rate When: Thursday, August 25, 2011 Time: 8 pm Eastern, 7 pm Central, 6 pm Mountain,  5 pm Pacific Where: At 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. Who: Join Marc Manieri, Americans for Fair Taxation Community Coordinator in the Greater Orlando, Florida area. In their third year now, Marc's webinars draw national participation from seasoned FairTax supporters as well as those just getting introduced to the FairTax. Join: To participate, register here. For more information contact Larry Walters at repeal_16@earthlink.net. Featured Video: Rep. 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If everyone knew all there is to know, they would not do half the things they do, including myself, therefore I must foregive them, including myself.

List of @SpeakerBoehner's #USHouse spending cuts of the #CutCapbalance. Do 10% p/yr til Constitutional

Tessa Dunn These are all the programs that the new Republican House has proposed cutting.

Corporation for Public Broadcasting Subsidy.$445 million annual savings.

Save America 's Treasures Program. $25 million annual savings.

International Fund for Ireland .$17 million annual savings.

Legal Services Corporation. $420 million annual savings

Endowment for the Arts. $167.5 million annual savings.

National Endowment for the Humanities. $167.5 million annual savings.

Hope VI Program.. $250 million annual savings.
Amtrak Subsidies. $1.565 billion annual savings.
Eliminate duplicative education programs. H.R. 2274 (in last Congress), authored by Rep. McKeon, eliminates 68 at a savings of $1.3 billion annually.
U.S. Trade Development Agency. $55 million annual savings.
Woodrow Wilson Center Subsidy.$20 million annual savings.
Cut in half funding for congressional printing and binding. $47 million annual savings.
John C. Stennis Center Subsidy. $430,000 annual savings.
Community Development Fund. $4.5 billion annual savings.
Heritage Area Grants and Statutory Aid. $24 million annual savings.
Cut Federal Travel Budget in Half. $7.5 billion annual savings
Trim Federal Vehicle Budget by 20%.$600 million annual savings.
Essential Air Service. $150 million annual savings.
Technology Innovation Program. $70 million annual savings.
Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Program. $125 million annual savings.
Department of Energy Grants to States for Weatherization. $530 million annual savings.
Beach Replenishment. $95 million annual savings.
New Starts Transit.$2 billion annual savings.
Exchange Programs for Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and Their Historical Trading Partners in Massachusetts .$9 million annual savings What is this anyway…?
Intercity and High Speed Rail Grants. $2.5 billion annual savings.
Title X Family Planning. $318 million annual savings.
Appalachian Regional Commission. $76 million annual savings.
Economic Development Administration. $293 million annual savings.
Programs under the National and Community Services Act. $1.15 billion annual savings.
Applied Research at Department of Energy.$1.27 billion annual savings.
FreedomCAR and Fuel Partnership. $200 million annual savings.
Energy Star Program. $52 million annual savings.
Economic Assistance to Egypt . $250 million annually.
U.S. Agency for International Development. $1.39 billion annual savings.
General Assistance to District of Columbia . $210 million annual savings.
Subsidy for Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority.$150 million annual savings.
Presidential Campaign Fund. $775 million savings over ten years.
No funding for federal office space acquisition.$864 million annual savings.
End prohibitions on competitive sourcing of government services.
Repeal the Davis-Bacon Act. More than $1 billion annually.
IRS Direct Deposit: Require the IRS to deposit fees for services it offers (such as processing payment plans for taxpayers) to the Treasury, instead of allowing payments to remain as part of its budget. $1.8 billion savings over ten years.
Require collection of unpaid taxes by federal employees. 1 billion total savings. …!Prohibit taxpayer funded union activities by federal employees. $1.2 billion savings over ten years.
Sell excess federal properties the government does not make use of. $15 billion total savings.
Eliminate Mohair??? Subsidies.$1 million annual savings.
Eliminate taxpayer subsidies to the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.$12.5 million annual savings
Eliminate Market Access Program. $200 million annual savings.
USDA Sugar Program. $14 million annual savings.
Subsidy to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).$93 million annual savings.
Eliminate the National Organic Certification Cost-Share Program. $56.2 million annual savings.
Eliminate fund for Obamacare administrative costs. $900 million savings.
Ready to Learn TV Program. $27 million savings.
Eliminate death gratuity for Members of Congress.
HUD Ph.D. Program.Deficit Reduction Check-Off Act
TOTAL SAVINGS $2.5 Trillion over Ten Years
My question: what the Devil is all this doing in the budget in the first place…?
They need to add to this list:

Eliminate The Department of Education We spend billions for a declining educational standard vs the rest of the world. Save $69.9 Billion

Eliminate The Department of Energy It was created to develop an "energy" policy for the US with a max of about 250 people. To date we still do not have an energy policy and the taxpayers are feeding 16,000+ employees. Save $27 Billion

The number of Federal Agencies that we could do without are just too numerous to name, but some of the top candidates would be:

Amtrak (Go Public)
Anything to do with Health care - Leave it to the states
Barry M Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation
Botanic Garden
Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion
Citizen's Stamp Advisory Board
1/2 of the Commerce Department
Commission on International Religious Freedom
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau - Leave it to the States
Corporation for National and Community Service
Council of Economic Advisers - They don't seem to ever be doing anything good to promote the economy

And so on and so on......

Is there anything listed you cannot do without…?
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If everyone knew all there is to know, they would not do half the things they do, including myself, therefore I must foregive them, including myself.

The Shadow Agenda - Grinding America down. Only Constitutional conduct and Fairtax can save us now~

It is politically correct to not question where we are seemingly headed, but to accept the Government leadership as pristine. How many of the tin foil conspiracies have turned out true?  Too many. Is there an agenda in DC for the New World Order?

 Did President Bush's first bailout come about to cover up the fact that the USA was the only Nation to not open their National Bank books to remain in the International Banking Community? Google, BASEL IV for this truth.

Has the agenda since that day been to fast track the NWO take over? What can stop this? Returning to constitutional conduct making the fifty State Sovereignty in all not enumerated to the federal government as their right to power, including values, and enacting the Fairtax to end the redistribution of United States Industry. 

Hope is still alive, if we who are silent, stand up immediately.  This is that last election of a free people if we do not put the light on this Shadow Government and end it by returning to the Constitution and Sovereignty of 50 Nations in Union, not one with 50 provinces in obedience. Change the tax structure to take all the federal taxes hidden in domestic products and equally harm imports with domestic product with the federal taxation by enacting Fairtax. By doing the latter you lower the former % needed by 90%, but you will not afford the latter without the former funding the transition back to the Constitution with respect to those already invested in the current Federal Entitlements, which can be divested using the Ryan Plan method into privately owned, voluntary or State Mandated, HSA/IRAs to replace all federal entitlements. These HSA/IRAs can be locally invested too. It is a win win, as it honors all, including those yet to be born.

Constitutional conduct and Fairtax please~