Chairman Reports

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Chairman’s Report - June 29, 2018
Next week we celebrate the time 242 years ago that the Declaration of Independence was issued. Many Americans believe that the American Revolution was a revolt supported by a large majority of people living in the colonies. This was not true. Instead of overwhelming support, many residents of the colonies were openly against the revolution. These opponents were called Loyalists or Tories. Read More.
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Chairman’s Report - May 25, 2018
When the FAIRtax is explained to many audiences, it is easy to see people thinking of the impact on their family if items were increased in price by 23%. Since most in the audience are on a budget, the prospect of suddenly paying that much more is very concerning… Read More.
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Chairman’s Report - November 22, 2018
Happy Thanksgiving from Americans for Fair Taxation! The swamp is certainly celebrating the holiday. Here’s why… Read More.
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Chairman’s Report - June 15, 2018
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.
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Chairman’s Report - August 3, 2018
All of us know that there are many reasons to pass the FAIRtax and we don’t need to list them here. However, in this the world’s greatest economy we have a growing crisis. According to a national survey conducted online by Harris Poll on behalf of CareerBuilder: Read More.
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Chairman’s Report - February 23, 2018
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshall made many decisions which were objected to by the sitting Presidents and Congress. One of these was relating to a Georgia law that affected the Cherokees. Marshall’s 1832 opinion, supported by a majority of the court, invalidated the law and ordered a person imprisoned under the law to be released. Read More.
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Chairman’s Report - January 12, 2018
In 1837, Hans Christian Andersen wrote a fable entitled The Emperor’s New Clothes. The Emperor really didn’t care about his people but only about getting new clothes to show off to the people in his court and to his subjects. Read More.
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Chairman’s Report - January 19, 2018
When looking at the actions of politicians, Mark Twain said, “I’ve found that common sense ain’t so common.” Only inside the Washington D.C. Beltway will you find supposedly intelligent people that will look you in the eye and tell you that businesses actually pay taxes from some mysterious account that they have. These “brains” point to the billions of dollars that some of these corporations have. However, much of it has been kept outside of the U.S. because of U.S. tax policies and much of it is for re-investment in their business. Read More.
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Chairman’s Report - January 5, 2018
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.
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Chairman’s Report - December 15, 2017
In the 1990’s when I met with Bob Packwood, the Senator from Oregon who was the Senate Finance Committee Chairman in 1986, he told me a story about a request he made to the Senate Judiciary staff in 1986 during the weeks leading up to the passage of the 1986 Tax Reform bill. Packwood said one night he was very tired and some Senators were demanding that changes be made that would produce more income and lower the deficit from the tax cuts. Read More.
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Chairman’s Report - December 8, 2017
In a recent Hill.com article entitled, Analysis: More than 6,000 lobbyists have worked on taxes in 2017 by Megan Wilson, she clearly illustrates why the Swamp loves to play with the income tax system and is deathly afraid of the FAIRtax… Read More.
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Copy of FAIRTAX FRIDAY & CHAIRMAN’S REPORT – MARCH 10TH, 2017
The D.C. Elites are desperate in their attempts to keep in place the income/payroll tax system that so richly rewards them and their friends in Congress. Read More.
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FAIRTAX FRIDAY & CHAIRMAN’S REPORT – MARCH 10TH, 2017
The D.C. Elites are desperate in their attempts to keep in place the income/payroll tax system that so richly rewards them and their friends in Congress. Read More.
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FAIRTAX FRIDAY & CHAIRMAN’S REPORT – MARCH 3RD, 2017
​Income/Payroll Tax Evasion study shows that the present system cannot continue. The only way to reduce this evasion is to dramatically increase IRS audits and abuses. Read More.
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CHAIRMAN’S REPORT – JANUARY 27, 2017
Whether you voted for Trump, Hillary or one of the other presidential candidates, today Donald Trump becomes the 45th President of the United States. Read More.

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