When all forms of income and payroll tax are eliminated, when the IRS is no more, when a national sales tax becomes the central instrument for financing the US government, when all of these things become a reality, the amount of positive economic and political change that will ensue will be ENORMOUS.
Billions of dollars and billions of man-hours spent on income tax related matters will instantly free up. Companies of all sizes will instantly have greater resources to satisfy their customers. Millions of Americans will treat April 15th as another wonderful spring day and will never again have to worry about filing a tax return.
And yes, all of this is possible. Not decades down the road, but conceivably within the next few months.
Radio talk show host Neil Boortz and Congressman John Linder wrote a book entitled: The FairTax Book. Their book was Number 3 on Amazon’s best seller list BEFORE the book was released (about 2 weeks ago).
In this book, they have made all the key issues clear and understandable. They've even spelled out where the opposition will come from. Vested interest groups will try to derail the Fair Tax bill which is currently before Congress (H.R. 25). Can a small group of well-financed lobbyists outdo millions of Americans who UNDERSTAND the ins and outs of this incredibly important issue? Not if those millions make it known to their congressional representatives that they WANT this and they want it NOW.
A few years back, a very similar bill was introduced into Congress. It had a small handful of sponsors. This current bill has 54 co-sponsors. Not enough yet to see it through, but this could change with a few minutes of your time.
Mr. Boortz and Congressman Linder have asked us to not just read and understand the book but to take action on it. If you do and this thing wins the day, look forward to very positive changes in your personal and business life! Your country will be much stronger as a result of it. Our founding fathers will rest a lot easier, and you will be giving your children and grandchildren the best possible financial future with ONE SWOOP OF THE CONGRESSIONAL PEN.
In my humble opinion, this book is one of the most important books of the 21st century because it represents so much future sanity on SO many playing fields, on so many levels.
Get a copy of it. Read it. And then buy a few more copies. Give them to friends, family, co-workers, your doctor, give them to anybody who has the remotest desire for America to be stronger, healthier, saner, freer.
Yes, the impact will be felt most immediately on a personal basis with people investing more, saving more, having more hope for their futures, for their retirement, etc. etc. But the impact this will have on our country and the health of our economy can NOT be overstated.
We've got a real chance with this book and with this Fair Tax to do something special. Let's not waste this opportunity.

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Sharon
Posted by: Sharon | 11/17/2008 at 02:54 AM