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Chairman’s Report - April 5, 2019
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.
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Chairman’s Report - October 12, 2018
The Florida political attacks on the FAIRtax haven’t stopped, and as Benjamin Franklin said, “Half a truth is often a great lie.” It’s time to separate fact from fiction. Read More.
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Chairman’s Report - February 1, 2019
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.
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Chairman’s Report - June 8, 2018
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.
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Chairman’s Report - November 22, 2018
Happy Thanksgiving from Americans for Fair Taxation! The swamp is certainly celebrating the holiday. Here’s why… Read More.
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Chairman’s Report - January 26, 2018
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.
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Chairman’s Report - August 17, 2018
As the years pass, many of us find that some physical things are not as easy as they used to be. For some, there is new meaning to Sonny Steele’s (played by Robert Redford) statement to Hallie Martin (played by Jane Fonda) in the movie Electric Horseman, “Some parts wake up faster than others.” Read More.
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Chairman’s Report - January 25, 2019
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.
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Chairman’s Report - April 19, 2019
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.
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Chairman’s Report - October 26, 2018
Citizens or subjects? You might be surprised to learn how America’s tax system defines you… Read More.
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Chairman’s Report - May 4, 2018
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.
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Chairman’s Report - September 21, 2018
September 17th might be the most important holiday in America that nobody recognizes: Constitution Day. We the People created a new form of government based on liberty, and FAIRtax can help us regain some of the freedoms we’ve lost in the last 231 years… Read More.
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Chairman’s Report - March 30, 2018
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.
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Chairman’s Report - July 27, 2018
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.
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Chairman’s Report - November 16, 2018
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.