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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.

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.

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.

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.

Many pundits and spokespeople for the Swamp (they are often the same) shrilly denounce the recent income tax plan because it “unfairly” limits the state and local tax deduction to $10,000. Discounting that most of these spokespeople and members of the Swamp live in states with high state and local taxes, the argument seems to be that all of the residents of the other states should “subsidize” the state tax burden paid by the people who elect to reside in states with high state and local taxes. Read More.

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

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.

Get ready… something wicked this way comes. Is the IRS really increasing audits and enforcement actions? Read on. Read More.

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

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.

Privacy is important to every American. But do you have the privacy you think you do? The IRS may have other thoughts. Read on. 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.

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.

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.