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All of us know that there are many reasons to pass the FAIRtax and we don’t need to list them here. However, in this the world’s greatest economy we have a growing crisis. According to a national survey conducted online by Harris Poll on behalf of CareerBuilder: Read More.

Income taxes harming American churches? It almost happened. Here’s how we can prevent it from ever happening again. Read on. Read More.

Most people in America still believe in the basic principle that to get more of something you should reward it. We know that if children find that they can get what they want by screaming and throwing a tantrum every time someone says no, they will use screaming and tantrums as a way of addressing anything they don’t like… 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.

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

US companies closed out 2017 with strong hiring in December, adding the most jobs in nine months — news that sent the Dow Jones industrial average soaring past a record 25,000 points Thursday morning. Read More.

​The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped past 25000 for the first time Thursday, on pace to notch the fastest run to a fresh 1,000-point milestone in history. Read More.

What does tax reform mean for the next big lottery winner? That will depend on where in the U.S. the winning ticket is purchased. Read More.

The new Republican tax law sets up major changes to the US tax code. Republicans are already acknowledging they will need follow-up bills to help correct any implementation issues. Democrats may not go along with any attempts at fixing the law, given that Republicans blocked fixes to the Affordable Care Act under President Barack Obama. Read More.

The new Republican tax law sets up major changes to the US tax code. Republicans are already acknowledging they will need follow-up bills to help correct any implementation issues. Democrats may not go along with any attempts at fixing the law, given that Republicans blocked fixes to the Affordable Care Act under President Barack Obama. Read More.

Despite lots of noise leading up to the passage of the tax reform bill, retirement planning was left mostly alone. While the tax cuts and changes might have a big impact on government program cuts to Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security in the future and might also significantly impact how people save, spend, and invest money, only a few direct changes were made to retirement planning laws. Read More.

A day after House and Senate Republican leaders said they had reached agreement on a merged version of their tax bill, they continued looking for ways to pay for the tax overhaul and faced the possible defection of a Republican senator, Marco Rubio of Florida. Read More.

Sen. Marco Rubio, a Republican from Florida, told congressional leadership that he will not support the latest version of the GOP tax bill if the legislation doesn’t make the child tax credit more generous. Read More.

In the 1990’s when I met with Bob Packwood, the Senator from Oregon who was the Senate Finance Committee Chairman in 1986, he told me a story about a request he made to the Senate Judiciary staff in 1986 during the weeks leading up to the passage of the 1986 Tax Reform bill. Packwood said one night he was very tired and some Senators were demanding that changes be made that would produce more income and lower the deficit from the tax cuts. Read More.