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The Fair Tax

To ensure prosperity for future generations, we must reform some of our institutions - retirement plans, the tax code, our health care system, and worker training programs - that were created for the world of yesterday. We must transform these systems so all Americans will be equipped to confront the great challenges that will determine the quality of life for our children and grandchildren.

In Congress, I am working to cut through some of the bureaucracy and get government out of the way of small business. I believe this is a necessity if our economy is going to continue to grow and thrive as it has for the last two years.

We need fundamental tax reform to craft a tax collection scheme that is straight forward and is used only to collect the minimum amount of money needed to run the Federal Government. The tax relief Congress passed over the past 4 years has been vital to our country’s economic recovery and is a step in the right direction. I am in favor of keeping taxes low for working families and one of my top priorities is to make those Tax Cuts permanent.

The current tax system is burdensome and impedes the international competitiveness of U.S. industry. It contains many unnecessary administrative and compliance costs on families and businesses and Americans deserve a simpler, fairer and more pro-growth tax code. I support the Fair Tax Act of 2005. The Fair Tax Act would shift the federal government’s method of revenue collection from income-based taxes to a personal consumption tax. The act will repeal all federal personal income taxes, corporate income taxes, payroll taxes, self-employment taxes, capital gains taxes, gift and estate taxes and replace these taxes with a revenue-neutral personal consumption tax on all retail sales of new goods and services somewhere in the neighborhood of 23%.

Imagine a tax system that:

  • allows you to keep 100% of your paycheck, pension, and Social Security payments.
  • frees up the time wasted on filling out cumbersome I.R.S. forms.
  • makes taxation of income unconstitutional by repealing the 16th Amendment.
  • exempts all taxpayers from federal taxation, up to the povery level, through a monthy rebate.
  • ensures that all Americans pay their fair share of taxes.
  • lowers tax rates for low-income and middle-income Americans.
  • reduces the cost of goods and services.
  • allows families to save more for home ownership, education, and retirement.
  • protects the funding of Social Security and Medicare.
  • leaves unchanged the amount of money raised by the federal government.
  • makes American products more competitive overseas.

How? This tax system has been well researched, and is likely the best tax reform plan - it's called the FairTax.

The Problem is the Current Income Tax Code

The Solution is the Fair Tax

For more information, please visit www.fairtax.org.

 

 

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