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Next week we celebrate the time 242 years ago that the Declaration of Independence was issued. Many Americans believe that the American Revolution was a revolt supported by a large majority of people living in the colonies. This was not true. Instead of overwhelming support, many residents of the colonies were openly against the revolution. These opponents were called Loyalists or Tories. Read More.

In 1837, Hans Christian Andersen wrote a fable entitled The Emperor’s New Clothes. The Emperor really didn’t care about his people but only about getting new clothes to show off to the people in his court and to his subjects. Read More.

Car sales are nearing an all-time high. Here’s how FAIRtax affects the purchase of a vehicle. It might not be what you think… Read More.

In the movie, All The President’s Men, Hal Holbrook was playing “Deep Throat” and famously said, “Follow the Money.” Interestingly enough this was not in the Woodward and Bernstein book but added by the screenplay writer. Read More.

The Death Tax or Estate Tax is eliminated by the FAIRtax. As we all know, the Death Tax is levied on the assets accumulated by people during their lifetime when they pass away. It is attacked by some as a tax on success and it is pointed out that in most cases the accumulated assets were already taxed numerous times. Read More.

Citizens or subjects? You might be surprised to learn how America’s tax system defines you… Read More.

It is said that only two things are certain: death and taxes. With the government shutdown, the timing of your tax return is far from certain. Read on to learn how the FAIRtax would help solve this problem (among many others)… Read More.

On January 24, 1965, Winston Churchill died at the age of 90. He was in the public eye from a very young age because of his reporting from South Africa about the Boer War and being captured and then escaping his captors. It is also because the first of his 43 books was published in 1898. Read More.

Happy Thanksgiving from Americans for Fair Taxation! The swamp is certainly celebrating the holiday. Here’s why… Read More.

When I started to read the final tax bill that was signed by the President, I recalled a statement by Abraham Lincoln when a reporter asked him about the losses his party suffered in the mid-term elections. Lincoln said about the boy who stubbed his toe, “I am too big to cry but it hurts too much to laugh.” Read More.

Realtors would see a big benefit from the FAIRtax (and so would everyone else). So why aren’t they lobbying in favor of real tax reform? Read More.

Some call him our greatest President, but how was Lincoln when it came to taxation? Would he have been a FAIRtax ally? Read on. Read More.

People in the real estate industry have long championed the Mortgage Interest Deduction (MID). The MID allows a taxpayer to reduce the amount of income subject to the federal income tax by the amount paid in interest on their home mortgage… Read More.

In USA Today, Ways And Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady published an op-ed where he boasted that the recently enacted tax plan said “…good riddance to that outdated monstrosity of a tax code that took too much of your money, sent our American jobs overseas, and kept our economy so slow many workers didn’t see a pay raise for a decade or more.” Read More.

A lesson for the swamp, from Abraham Lincoln: You can’t fool all the people all the time. But they’re trying. Read on. Read More.