On January 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation which officially ended slavery in the Confederate states that were still in rebellion. This fulfilled the promise made in the preliminary proclamation that was issued in September of 1862. While still leaving slavery alone in the states not aligned with the Confederacy, it labeled the rebellious states as fighting to protect slavery—not just to be independent.
While certainly not the same as repealing slavery, by insisting that the existing income tax/payroll tax system be repealed and replaced by the FAIRtax, President Trump will free the American people from the economic and personal freedom oppression of the income tax.
The Biggest Obstacle To Real Tax Reform
In D.C., the present income tax/payroll tax system is seen as a real benefit to staff, Members of Congress and to lobbyists. Because the present tax system allows Congress to pick winners and losers, all of the affected groups have a strong interest in either acquiring or retaining a benefit that allows the groups to pay less taxes.
Russell Long was the Senate Finance Committee Chairman when the 1986 Tax Reform Act was passed. He was besieged by people wanting their special deductions protected. He said, “A tax loophole is something that benefits the other guy. If it benefits you, it is tax reform.”
Often people assert that it is wrong for someone to receive public funds if they are not working from people who are working. They say it is unfair. However, many of these same people will have a different view when it comes to paying less taxes on the same amount of money than another because of a special tax deduction. Why is this not unfair? According to the Center for Responsive Politics, more than 1,500 different interest groups paid millions to lobby Congress on 2016 tax reform proposals alone.
These people justify their lower tax bill in many ways. Some of these groups are trying to pay less taxes because they see this as a way of keeping their total costs lower and making them more able to compete. This means that they can continue to employ people and stay in business. Other groups see lower taxes as more money in their pockets or in the pockets of their shareholders.
There seems to be a blind spot when it comes to “tax welfare.” Tax welfare is where one group is able to pass their tax obligation to another through tax deductions.
Each time Congress has discussed tax reform, the various groups have paid their lobbyists well to persuade Congress to either retain or provide tax benefits. If you look at the larger lobbying firms, you will find that they have a number of former Members of Congress, former Congressional staff or past officials from past administrations—all of whom are being paid very high wages.
If you need access to the Congressional staff, then who better than someone who used to work with them? If you need access to a Member, then who better than a former Member? To the present Congressional staff and current Members, it is understood that they may want to move to a job with the lobbying firm when they leave Congress and so they are even more likely to take the meeting and “help out” the lobbyist if they can.
In addition, the lobbying firms can arrange for large donations to the present Member’s campaign fund. This helps ensure that Congressional incumbents seldom are defeated when they run for re-election.
Draining the Swamp
No politician is going to say that they don’t want to replace the present income tax/payroll tax system. They are going to insist that they only want to do what is in the best interest of their constituents.
They will admit that the present system:
- Is too complex
- Harms the economy
- Costs almost $500 billion per year in compliance costs
- Penalizes work and savings
- Is being more and more evaded and putting the tax burden on people who do pay their taxes
- Encourages companies to move overseas
- Favors imports over U.S. products
- Reduces U.S. exports and costs jobs
- Must be enforced by the IRS
However, they insist that they can correct all of the above problems and yet keep the present income tax/payroll tax system. Delusional, yes, but totally predictable. These politicians know that it may take a year or so, but soon the lobbyists will be back and the money will be back. They know that, like in 1986, they can get lots of groups who are willing to pay large amounts of money to “fix” the income tax code. Most of this will be done in back rooms and few of us will ever even see the “fix.”
Conclusion
The only way that this corrupt system will be changed is if the income tax/payroll tax system is totally abolished and replaced with the FAIRtax. All of the other “reforms” are going to need the IRS to enforce. If you cut the top off the weed in your yard, it will grow back.
Kevin Brady, the Chairman of the House Ways And Means Committee, has been a co-sponsor of the FAIRtax since it was introduced. Chairman Brady recently said, “Here's my thinking: Since tax reform only occurs once a generation, let's not tweak what we have and call it a day.”
President-elect Trump is not part of the D.C. establishment and owes them nothing. He knows that you have to look and not just listen. He can see that Chairman Brady’s definition of reform is not really reform but akin to cutting off the top of the weed.
Vice President-elect Mike Pence and Governor Mike Huckabee know the truth, and all of us must join them to persuade Mr. Trump that he must use his ability to reach the people to force Congress to really reform our tax system by passing the FAIRtax.
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Who are The FAIRtax Guys? This VIDEO will give you an idea. It is Bob & Ron’s mission to save the entire country from the disastrous federal income tax and the criminal enterprise known as the IRS. In order to do that, we must figure out how to get our message to Donald Trump. Once that is accomplished, we must be sure that all Americans understand the value of the FAIRtax, the only REAL tax reform in Congress.
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