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Over the years, I have met and often been on panels with many economists—some Nobel Prize-winning economists. Almost all these men and women were personable and treated me with reasonable deference as they dismissed my arguments about the advantages of the FAIRtax over the present income/payroll tax system. Read More.

St. Patrick talked about the Washington, D.C. swamp. Don’t believe me? Read on. Read More.

The election is over. What happens next for FAIRtax? Read More.

What is the FAIRtax? And, just as importantly, what ISN’T the FAIRtax? With tax day looming, get the real story here. Read on. Read More.

There’s a new idea floating around the Senate: Taxing an individual’s wealth, not just their income. Our Chairman, a former tax attorney, discusses this new wealth tax in this week’s Chairman’s Report. Read on! Read More.

Understanding ‘swamp talk’ isn’t easy. Politicians often say one thing and do another, while families and small businesses pay the price… Read More.

Many of us smile and agree with the statement by Spenser Tracy, “Acting is not the noblest profession in the world, but there are things lower than acting. Not many, mind you - but politicians give you something to look down on from time to time.” Read More.

When the FAIRtax is explained to many audiences, it is easy to see people thinking of the impact on their family if items were increased in price by 23%. Since most in the audience are on a budget, the prospect of suddenly paying that much more is very concerning… Read More.

A Wall Street Journal article entitled “For U.S. Farmers, China Tariffs’ Timing Is Brutal” that was published on March 26, 2018 discusses at length the possible adverse effects on farmers if there is a trade war with China. 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.

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.

After the State of the Union address, we were faced with a fork in America’s path: Do we choose freedom or socialism? This week, Steve Hayes examines this choice and how the FAIRtax might just be the liberty we’re searching for. 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.

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.