FairTax.org Cries Foul in Texas House Race
The non-partisan campaign to replace the income tax system with a national retail sales tax criticized the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and incumbent candidate Nick Lampson for “gross distortions of the FairTax that make even harder the way out of the mess the income tax has created,” said FairTax spokesman Ken Hoagland.
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Rep. John Linder July 23, 2008 Statement on the FairTax
Like all the great nations and societies of history, the United States is rapidly coming to the end of its existence as a great and powerful country. The shackles of our nearly 70,000 page tax code are making us less and less able to compete in the global economy.
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Research & Background
FairTax.org has conducted extensive policy research and commissioned a variety of issue papers on the economic impact of the FairTax on various sectors of industry and individual taxpayers.
Featured Paper: "What the federal tax system is costing you besides your taxes!" Tax compliance facts as you prepare this year's return. Read the paper »
Beacon Hill Institute in Boston has recently completed comprehensive research on the major facets of the FairTax: estimation of the tax base and rate for the FairTax compared to other tax reform proposals, its impact on the economy, on the states, on the distribution of the tax burden and on charitable giving. See the research »
Laurence J. Kotlikoff, Professor of Economics at Boston University and former senior economist, President’s Council of Economic Advisers, has extensively published in the field of public finance and tax reform including papers on the FairTax, from overviews for non-technical readers to fundamental economic for economists. See the research »
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