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An Obama administration proposal to have some nonprofit charities report the Social Security numbers of donors giving at least $250 in one year is raising concerns about security, government overreach and another episode of IRS targeting. Read More.

Thanks to the help of FairTax activists, AFFT Chairman & President Steve Hayes and I had an exciting lineup of meetings on Capitol Hill during our April 28 - 30 trip to Washington, D.C.! Read More.

Alex Meluskey is now running for the Republican nomination for the Senate in Arizona. While we are a non-partisan organization, Alex is the only candidate in the race that has endorsed true tax reform—the FAIRtax. Due to time crunch of campaigning, Alex has shared with us a quick statement about his race and support of the FAIRtax. We believe that it is important that our supporters be aware of candidates who support the FAIRtax and who have made their support an integral part of their campaign. Read More.

When I opened my first pharmacy some twenty-eight years ago, all I asked for was a level playing field and a fair shot at success. As a “little guy,” I could not afford lawyers or accountants to help me through those critical starting years. For several years, I could not even afford to pay myself! Read More.

As we approach the annual blood letting called tax season, I wanted to take this opportunity to say a few things about how we might do things a little differently in America. Our current tax code is about 75,000 pages long. Most of those pages are written in such a way that only an IRS scribe or seasoned tax lawyer could decipher them. Just take this language for example which pertains to certain individuals who are self-employed … Read More.

You could feel the excitement on Capitol Hill last week! Pope Francis was at our nation’s Capitol, and Senators and other members of Congress got up earlier than usual in order to catch the bus to the White House, where President Obama was to greet the Pope. Read More.

AFFT Chairman & President Steve Hayes and I had another whirlwind trip to Washington, DC, on June 2 - 4! In preparation for upcoming congressional hearings on tax reform for either this fall or early next year, I targeted the congressional offices of Ways and Means Committee members on both sides of the aisle!! Read More.

One of the questions I am often asked about the FAIRtax is, “Why is the sales tax (FAIRtax) applied to governments?” And, to that, I have a very simple response, “Because every government of the United States pays federal taxes today and the amount of revenues from those taxes must be recaptured with the sales tax in order to continue paying for the expenditures and debts of the Federal Government.” Read More.

At the end of October, I experienced another historic week in D.C. with the change of the Speaker of the House from Congressman John Boehner (OH-8) to former House Ways & Means Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (WI-1). Read More.

A conference of the Association of Mature American Citizens (AMAC) held February 18-20, 2016 in Howey-in-the-Hills, Florida provided a perfect backdrop to premiere FAIRtax-America’s Big Solution. Attendance at the conference was limited to those AMAC members active in the Delegate program. The AMAC Delegate program is designed to give AMAC members a voice in Congress through representatives in each Congressional District. More than 100 attendees and guests discussed active political issues including tax reform, Medicare, Social Security, the presidential campaign and many more. Read More.

Most people can easily see the advantages of replacing the personal income tax and employee payroll taxes with a national sales tax like the FAIRtax: no more income tax withholding and payroll tax deductions taken out of their paychecks, no more filing of annual tax returns, no need to hire a professional tax preparer, no more onerous record keeping, and so on. The advantages of the FAIRtax also repealing corporate income taxes and employer payroll taxes, on the other hand, are not so obvious. Some question the giving of a tax break to business. After all, business should pay its fair share of taxes. Read More.

At more than 73,000 pages, it’s no wonder our country’s tax code spells headache for millions of hardworking Americans across the country. This bloated document, riddled with complicated loopholes, is anything but navigable for working-class people who can’t afford to hire accountants, lawyers or tax professionals. Yet like clockwork every spring, Americans throw away countless time and treasure in an attempt to properly comply with the process of giving their hard-earned money to the federal government. Read More.

America’s national debt sits above a staggering $19 trillion. That’s math we literally can’t even begin to comprehend, yet it’s not hard to understand why we should worry. Many of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle think the solution to our debt crisis is to raise taxes. According to the Joint Committee on Taxation, President Obama’s final budget calls for a $2.1 trillion tax increase on the American people. As we know, liberals’ solution to most problems is to take more money away from hard working Americans to spend as they see fit. I strongly disagree. Read More.

In late January, AFFT Chairman & President Steve Hayes and I were scheduled to visit D.C. Read More.

Fundamental tax reform took center stage on Capitol Hill this week, and as always, I was eager to have the conversation. I was privileged to testify on the FairTax before the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Tax Policy, as well as share the good news with Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady’s Tax Reform Idea Task Force. What some may not know is that there’s a great deal of consensus in Washington and across the country that America desperately needs fundamental tax reform – in particular, reform that is consumption-based. It’s that consensus that leads us to these vital conversations and ultimately to implementing the lasting solutions we need. Read More.