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Governor Jim Gilmore launched the National Property Rights Initiative at the National Taxpayers Conference luncheon today before over 150 guests. (We're told that a number of our attendees had stopped by the IRS building to give them a piece of their mind!) In his speech, the former Virginia Governor (and current presidential candidate) spoke of the need to secure Americans' property rights in light of the Kelo v. New London decision and also spoke of the need to protect income rights.
Senator Mike Gravel kicked off the final day of our conference. The former Alsaksa Senator and candidate for the Democratic Presidential nomination is might not see eye-to-eye with conference attendees on everything, but they did appreciate his message advocating the FairTax (especially while his oponents for the Democratic nomination advocate radical income distribution).
It was thrilling to have three presidential candidates (Ron Paul kicked off our conference on Thursday) speak at our conference. We're sure that their messages inspired those at the conference to take up the tax reform fight in their home states (and countries for our international attendees), and look forward to them advancing our agenda on the national stage.
Gilmore: Private Property, No Tresspassing!
Posted by Elizabeth Terrell - June 16, 2007Thoughts? Add Comment -
Ian said on Jun 27 2007 at 6:21pm
Here is why the FairTax will make a good U.S. tax system REPLACEMENT. The FairTax is:
• SIMPLE, easy to understand
• EFFICIENT, inexpensive to comply with and doesn't cause less-than-optimal business decisions for tax minimization purposes
• FAIR, loophole free and everyone pays their share
• LOW TAX RATE, achieved by broad base with no exclusions
• PREDICTABLE, doesn't change, so financial planning is possible
• UNINTRUSIVE, doesn't intrude into our personal affairs or limit our liberty
• VISIBLE, not hidden from the public in tax-inflated prices or otherwise
• PRODUCTIVE, rewards, rather than penalizes, work and productivity
Its benefits are as follows:
FOR INDIVIDUALS:
• No more tax on income - make as much as you wish
• You receive your full paycheck - no more deductions
• You pay the tax when you buy "at retail" - not "used"
• No more double taxation (e.g. like on current Capital Gains)
• Reduction of "pre-FairTaxed" retail prices by 20%-30%
• Adding back 29.9% FairTax maintains current price levels
• FairTax would constitute 23% portion of new prices
• Every household receives a monthly check, or "pre-bate"
• Pre-bate equals payback for taxes on spending to poverty level
• FairTax's pre-bate ensures progressivity, poverty protection
• Finally, citizens are knowledgeable of what their tax IS
• Elimination of "parasitic" Income Tax industry
• NO MORE IRS. NO MORE FILING OF TAX RETURNS by individuals
• Those possessing illicit forms of income will ALSO pay the FairTax
• Households have more disposable income to purchase goods
• Savings is bolstered with reduction of interest rates
FOR BUSINESSES:
• Corporate income and payroll taxes revoked under FairTax
• Business compensated for collecting tax at "cash register"
• No more tax-related lawyers, lobbyists on company payrolls
• No more embedded (hidden) income/payroll taxes in prices
• Reduced costs. Competition - not tax policy - drives prices
• Off-shore "tax haven" headquarters can now return to U.S
• No more "favors" from politicians at expense of taxpayers
• Resources go to R&D and study of competition - not taxes
• Marketplace distortions eliminated for fair competition
• US exports increase their share of foreign markets
FOR THE COUNTRY:
• 7% - 13% economic growth projected in the first year of the FairTax
• Jobs return to the U.S.
• Foreign corporations "set up shop" in the U.S.
• Tax system trends are corrected to "enlarge the pie"
• Larger economic "pie," means thinner tax rate "slices"
• Initial 23% portion of price is pressured downward as "pie"
increases
• No more "closed door" tax deals by politicians and business
• FairTax sets new global standard. Other countries will follow