Americans For Fair Taxation

They Said WHAT?!

We regularly hear public figures make false or inaccurate claims about the FairTax. Whether these are made intentionally to mislead or are honest mistakes made from being ill-informed, they can have a negative effect upon potential FairTax supporters. They also tend to irritate those of us who know the truth. Rather than ignore these attacks and allow their misinformation to linger, we've decided to meet some of these challenges head on. We address those statements here by providing a verbatim transcript of the public figure's remarks and our rebuttal. Here we set the record straight.

DATE	ARTICLE	DOWNLOAD	VIEW ARTICLE
10/01/2007	Bartlett reiterates the same lame arguments Ken Hoagland answers Bartlett's latest attack with a letter to the editor of the Tampa Tribune.		[ full article ]
09/14/2007	Bartlett’s FairTax Fiction Fails to Smear In the case of public policy, misdirection is a coarse path that reflects poorly on the performer and ill-serves honest debate.		[ full article ]
08/29/2007	Be Fair to FairTax -- Throw the Red Herrings Back in the Water It is apparently getting so difficult to defend the current income tax system that its guardians must use smear tactics to slow down its best replacement. Bruce Bartlett ("FairTax, Flawed Tax," Wall Street Journal editorial page, Aug. 25) is the latest status quo defender to use fiction to slander the FairTax plan.		[ full article ]
08/17/2007	All’s Fair ... In the name of “politics,” National Review Online’s editorial on the FairTax has turned the Founding Father’s promise of a government “of, by and for the people” on its head in surrendering the tax code to the presumed inevitability of control by an army of tax lobbyists. This is, of course, the current view from inside the Beltway and reveals a common but nonetheless unacceptably imperious perspective.		[ full article ]
08/09/2007	What book did Rudy read? When questioned about the FairTax during the ABC News GOP presidential debate, Giuliani wondered who would administer the FairTax and who would handle the exemptions. Since both topics are covered thoroughly in The FairTax Book, which he claims to have read and underlined, Ken Hoagland issued a press release to the national media with wonderings of his own.	PDF	[ full article ]
07/16/2007	Mr. Giuliani still doesn't get it right FairTax supporter Robert Lowry attended a town hall meeting in Jacksonville, FL on July 7, 2007, where Rudy Giuliani offered several inaccuracies as reasons why he wouldn't sign the FairTax into law if it were passed by Congress and he was president. Dr. Lowry sent us this rebuttal.	PDF	[ full article ]
06/05/2007	Response to FactCheck.org article “Unspinning the FairTax” FactCheck.org, a site apparently devoted to “objective” analysis, has recently been propagating false and misleading statements about the FairTax. We expressed our grave concern that these false and misleading statements appeared on their site in “Unspinning the FairTax” posted on May 31, 2007. We did so in the hope they might correct the misstatements. They did not.	PDF	[ full article ]
05/22/2007	Mr. Giuliani gets it wrong. In an article published in the Gwinnett Daily Post, Mr. Giuliani reportedly says abolishing the federal income tax is unrealistic because the economy depends on tax exemptions for real estate and charitable giving. He is wrong on both counts.	PDF	[ full article ]
04/20/2007	Senator Clinton's stance on the FairTax is somewhat misinformed. In recent statements, Senator Clinton has suggested that she is in favor of tax simplification and fairness. She has also stated she was not familiar with the specifics of the FairTax. However, her recent letter to a constituent, who is a member of FairTax.org, suggests that her position on the FairTax is somewhat misinformed.	PDF	[ full article ]
03/01/2007	Mr. Neff's advice is as flawed as the advice the IRS answer desk gives to taxpayers! Mr. Neff laments that the sales tax is, "in effect, a tax on personal consumption;" and that is precisely the point. The FairTax is honest, simple and transparent.	PDF
02/13/2007	Congressman Kirk (IL-10), the FairTax is the best alternative tax plan...and we can back that up! Our rebuttal addresses each of Kirk's personal concerns regarding progessivity, economic growth and international competitiveness with sound research in a concise format.	PDF
01/25/2007	Hon. Lamar Smith (TX-21) gets it wrong... The FairTax does NOT "create an underground economy" -- it's already there! Nor does it increase enforcement problems, or lower charitable contributions. Read on...	PDF
01/10/2007	Congressman Bob Goodlatte, here are some answers to your concerns. We're glad you can see some of the benefits of the FairTax, and we hope this letter will help resolve your concerns.	PDF
12/19/2006	Dr. Williams predicts, "The FairTax will never become law". WRONG!! To Dr. Williams: Have faith in our democratic process...	PDF
11/20/2006	Accounting professor fails the test on FairTax advantages. Here's a brief tutorial! The FairTax is resisted by a vocal minority precisely because it will do what it claims in eliminating the IRS, the more than $300 billion in compliance costs, and the corruption of the current system.	PDF
11/07/2006	Georgia's John Lewis provides rote repetition of FairTax inaccuracies! Although Congressman Lewis agrees that the current system is "an almost unintelligible and incredibly complex tax code," he has been unwilling to take the time to understand what the problems with the current system are, and how these problems are addressed by the virtues of the FairTax Plan.	PDF
11/02/2006	Honk if you oppose a Fairer Tax! How would you explain the guiding principles of tax reform? Laurence Vance responded by condemning the FairTax. This paper does more than debunk the myths Dr. Vance put forth. It encourages the American taxpayers, referred to as geese, to get "hissed" and work to change the system.	PDF
10/27/2006	Congressman Barrow, you're wrong and I can prove it You began your letter by stating that "many non-partisan independent research organizations have concluded [the FairTax would not simplify or lower taxes]." You’re wrong and here’s the proof.	PDF
10/26/2006	A FairTax rebuttal to the ITEP "study" Opponents of the FairTax have once again gone to the back of their closet and dug out the tired and dusty ITEP “study” to try to substantiate their latest round of attack ads. So, here’s the truth…again.	PDF
10/20/2006	Excerpt from Rebuttal to President's Tax Panel Report Excerpts from the FairTax response to the Mack/Breaux tax panel report and recommendations	PDF	[ full article ]
10/10/2006	FairTax Rebuttal to Steve Forbes' "Flat Tax Revolution" Steve Forbes wrote a book entitled "Flat Tax Revolution," and in it makes a variety of incorrect and inaccurate statements about the FairTax and the "benefits" of the flat tax. This paper rebutts his major issues and sets the record straight regarding the FairTax.	PDF
10/09/2006	Sen. Ben Nelson Attacks FairTax		[ full article ]
04/15/2006	Rebuttal to remarks made by Professor Michael Graetz	PDF