FairTax Bill Reintroduced To The House

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world.  Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." - Margaret Mead

 

This past Thursday Congressman Rob Woodall (GA-7) reintroduced HR-25, The FairTax Act of 2013, to the House of Representatives.  See list of fifty-three original cosponsors for this bill below. The companion legislation will be reintroduced in the Senate on or after January 22.

 

Those who have attended my FairTax seminars know I always end with the above quote from Margaret Mead (it applies to America & the signing of the Declaration Of Independence doesn't it) & start by presenting the FairTax in three steps.  1) The FairTax is the result of a $22 million study done over a three year period conducted by world renowned economic & legal scholars.  2) The FairTax itself is a bill in Congress - HR 25 in the House.  3) The FairTax Plan is a nonpartisan proposal that replaces all federal taxes on individual & business income, as well as payroll, estate, & capital gains taxes with a 23% (tax inclusive) national consumption tax on both personal & government consumption of new goods and all services in the U.S.  The FairTax taxes only the final consumer or user in the U.S. of new goods & services meaning essentially it taxes retail sales & government consumption. 

 

The FairTax offers a solution to our economic problems that when implemented will bring fairness & prosperity back to our country & its citizens. I believe that HR-25, The FairTax Act of 2013, is the most important piece of legislation in our lifetimes for America.

 

The FairTax does not tax our productivity like the income tax does.  It taxes both personal and government consumption of new goods and services in the U.S.  It doesn't tax what goes into the economy but rather what comes out of it.

 

The FairTax reverses the idea that our earnings first belong to the government & then, whatever is left, to us after withholding. Earnings under the FairTax belong first to the citizen in that our paychecks & pensions are received free of federal taxes - this turns every consumer into a concerned taxpaying stake holder. If you work, save, or invest you do not pay the FairTax – the individual consumer pays it only when they choose to buy new goods or any services @ the retail level.

 

The FairTax includes a cash prebate that ensures no American pays federal taxes on their spending for essential goods & services up to the poverty level. The prebate equals 4% of the FairTax 23% rate meaning that if there was no prebate the FairTax rate would be 19%.

 

Under the FairTax all of our products for export will travel overseas with no tax component - unlike now when a significant tax component is in every product that leaves our borders. This is one of the features of the FairTax that will help bring manufacturing jobs & plants back to America - the free market capitalistic system unfettered by government regulations & taxes. The American economy is screaming for the FairTax.

 

The FairTax strengthens Social Security & Medicare by replacing the income base that currently funds these programs with a growing consumption base.  As baby boomers retire @ the rate of 10,000 per day it can readily be seen that a system relying on an income base with a dwindling number of workers is inferior to one that relies on a consumption base that is twice the size of the income base.  In addition to strengthening & preserving these programs under the FairTax legislation current Social Security benefits are indexed for any increase in prices because of the FairTax meaning that a senior couple could have anywhere from $50,000 to over $90,000 per year in consumption covered with no tax liability after enactment of the FairTax when taking the prebate & Social Security indexing into account.

 

The taxing of the consumptions of federal, state, & local governments under the FairTax aids in controlling the expansion of government & helps confine governments to their sovereign functions thereby making sure we get as much government as we really need & want.

 

All of the work consistently being done by the thousands of FairTax volunteers around the country – handing out pocket cards, writing letters to the editor, blogging, or appearing on radio & TV – are watering the seeds of awareness so that more congressional cosponsors will sign on.  With this work expanding from one community & congressional district to the next the right presidential candidate will have the backing he needs in place to successfully promote the FairTax to the nation & into law.

 

Please contrast the fiasco of the tax bill, where America lost again, negotiated on New Year's night to the tremendous improvements for funding our government & securing our liberties I presented above.  It is easy to participate – start by telling your next door neighbor & best friend about the FairTax, place a FairTax bumper sticker on your car, & place a FairTax lawn sign outside your house.  It all adds up & will make a difference.

 

Click on The FairTax to learn more – there is a list of topics from the very basic to the most esoteric including Q & A from two workshops that address all of the above points in detail.  Please contact me with any questions.  If you want to learn the principles of the FairTax I will not be the reason that you don't.

 

The following is the list of original FairTax co-sponsors for the 113th Congress:

Tom Price (R-GA)

Jeff Duncan (R-SC)

Steve King (R-IA)

Michael Conaway (R-TX)

Mo Brooks (R-AL)

Kevin Brady (R-TX)

Lynn Westmoreland (R-GA)

Phil Gingrey (R-GA)

Michael McCaul (R-TX)

Stevan Pearce (R-NM)

Billy Long (R-MO)

Virginia Foxx (R-NC)

Don Young (R-AK)

Tom Graves (R-GA)

Doug Collins (R-GA)

Rob Bishop (R-UT)

Bill Flores (R-TX)

Mac Thornberry (R-TX)

Paul Broun (R-GA)

Tim Walberg (R-MI)

Pete Olson (R-TX)

Richard Nugent (R-FL)

John Culberson (R-TX)

Phil Roe (R-TN)

James Lankford (R-OK)

Bill Posey (R-FL)

Dan Benishek (R-MI)

Andy Harris (R-MD)

Jeb Hensarling (R-TX)

Dennis Ross (R-FL)

Tim Huelskamp (R-KS)

Trent Franks (R-AZ)

John Mica (R-FL)

Marlin Stutzman (R-IN)

Tom McClintock (R-CA)

John Carter (R-TX)

John Duncan (R-TN)

Jo Bonner (R-AL)

Ander Crenshaw (R-FL)

Darrell Issa (R-CA)

Lynn Jenkins (R-KS)

Jack Kingston (R-GA)

Frank Lucas (R-OK)

Mike Pompeo (R-KS)

Gus Bilirakis (R-FL)

Randy Neugebauer (R-TX)

Ted Poe (R-TX)

Blake Farenthold (R-TX)

Kay Granger (R-TX)

Scott Rigell (R-VA)

Ralph Hall (R-TX)

Jeff Miller (R-FL)

Duncan Hunter (R-CA)