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Reflections on the FairTax Hearing
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
By: FairTax Staff
Committee on Ways and Means, July 26
Because of your incredible efforts and continued pressure,
the FairTax legislation was the subject of a July 26 hearing before the House Committee
on Ways and Means. Did you know that over
50,000 petitions and communications were sent to individual members of the
House and the Committee? Thank You!
Congratulations to everyone involved in supporting FairTax
for once again demonstrating how everyday citizens can and are making a
difference! If you missed the hearing you can watch a video replay here.
Many of you have
asked how the FairTax panel was selected. The selection of witnesses is at the sole discretion
of the Members of the Ways & Means Committee.
We want to express our appreciation to Congressman Camp for
placing the FairTax on the committee’s hearing agenda, to Governor Huckabee for
taking time from his busy schedule to fly to Washington and testify in support
of the FairTax and to Congressman Rob Woodall for his sponsorship and continued
dedication in seeing the FairTax become the law of the land. If you have not
seen the Congressman’s floor speech to
the U.S. House of Representatives, as the
hearing was taking place, all we can say is, “Wow!” Finally, we would be remiss if we didn’t say
a special thanks to Dr. Laurence J. Kotlikoff and Dr. David G. Tuerck for their
efforts in testifying in support of the FairTax.
With the hearing now
behind us, our work continues. We have continued educating individual committee
members and their staff by preparing and submitting testimony to:
- Correcting misinformation
- Clarifying areas of confusion
- Answering administrative detail
We always post copies of all testimony that Americans
for Fair Taxation submits to Congress, as well as links to any other testimony
about the FairTax to encourage its use in your individual campaigns to educate
members of the U.S. House and Senate, Governors and other elected officials.
The following is
the testimony of:
AFFT - Kotlikoff
and Tuerck - NTU - Huckabee - NSBA
FairTax Grassroots Team
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