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Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Mike Adams :: Townhall.com Columnist
The Fair Tax: America's Last Best Hope
by Mike Adams
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By constantly reminding people of government spending (23% on every purchase) the Fair Tax is a powerful psychological weapon in the war against government waste – whether local, state, or federal. As long as the IRS uses the withholding tax scheme, people will remain ignorant and apathetic with regard to government spending.

Global Warming. For the record, I am a staunch supporter of global warming. I prefer seeing women in bikinis as opposed to mini-skirts and snow boots. But I cannot applaud all of this senseless research on global warming. The Fair Tax will help us cut down on all forms of senseless government spending including, of course, excessive federal research grants. If we do not do something soon, we will soon see Volvos with “Stop Continental Drift” bumper stickers next to the ones saying “Stop Global Warming.”

Marxist Feminists. Marxists feminists are simply irritating. I know, because I work with these people. They are incapable of interacting with men – especially capitalist men – without allowing their sexism and their ideology to cloud their judgment. Sadly, one of these people has a good chance of becoming president. Marxist feminists will never again be taken seriously after the Fair Tax is enacted. This is because no brand of Marxism will ever again be taken seriously.

The ACLU. Ever get tired of hearing about prayer in schools and the intelligent design debate? Me too.

The ACLU has made a living off of litigating “separation of church and state” cases in our public schools. It has made a lot of conservatives ask what can be done to eliminate the ACLU from America. But I propose that we solve the problem by eliminating public education from America, which will indirectly eliminate the ACLU. There aren’t enough nativity scenes to keep these people in business without our failing public education system to help them get by.

With the aforementioned psychological leverage provided by the Fair Tax, we will no longer have to worry about the public dumping more money into the sinking ship that is know as public “education.” And once we have private education we will again be able to teach about the evils of socialism and government waste to children not under the supervision of unqualified educators drawing a paycheck from a government that is performing functions it was never meant to perform.

Aside from ending sentences with prepositions, there are few tasks this brilliant piece of legislation is not completely up to. If we can just find a president who is committed to the Fair Tax our best days may be yet to come.

Dr. Adams insists that you log on to Boortz.com and FairTax.org for more information. In his next column, he will explain what the Fair Tax can do for herpes, hemorrhoids, and male pattern baldness.

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Mike Adams is a criminology professor at the University of North Carolina Wilmington and author of Feminists Say the Darndest Things: A Politically Incorrect Professor Confronts "Womyn" On Campus.
 
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REV. BBQ
The 16th amendment.

re:"THE FAIR TAX WOULD KEEP THE GOVERNMENT FROM KEEPING PEOPLE POOR AND DEPENDENT ON THEM."


I guess you are thinking of the prebate. This is not welfare; it is the tax money you would spend, up to the poverty level, given to you at the start of every month. (How else are you to make the system simple and fair?)

Kind of like the 'tax refunds' people receive after the start of a new tax year that they think the gov just 'gave' them. DUD It is the tax money you overpaid the government last year.

I HAVE A BETTER PLAN
WHY WOULD I WANT A FAIR TAX WHEN THE CONSTITUTION SAYS THAT MY WAGES ARE NOT DIRECTLY TAXABLE? IF WE SIMPLY FOLLOWED THE LAW, CONGRESS WOULD BE FORCED TO FIND OTHER WAYS TO FUND THINGS PROBABLY ENDING UP WITH 20+% FEES ON EVERYTHING ANYWAY. IMAGINE THE INCREASE IN REVENUES TO THE GOVERNMENT FROM BUSINESS IF ALL WITHHOLDING WAS IMMEDIATELY AND RIGHTFULLY STOPPED AND THAT MONEY WAS NOW AVAILABLE TO GO INTO THE MARKET SYSTEM. MANY WANT TO REPLACE AN ILLEGALLY ENFORCED VERY BAD TAX PLAN WITH A BETTER BAD TAX PLAN. WHAT SENSE DOES THAT MAKE? WE MUST FIRST HOLD OUR LEGISLATOR'S FEET TO THE FIRE TO FOLLOW THE CURRENT LAW. IF THEY WILL NOT DO THAT THEN NEITHER WILL THEY FOLLOW (OR PASS) A NEW TAX LAW. BESIDES, THE FAIR TAX WOULD KEEP THE GOVERNMENT FROM KEEPING PEOPLE POOR AND DEPENDENT ON THEM.
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