THE WASHINGTON FARCE
Why do we call it the Washington Farce? The Merriam Webster on-line dictionary has this definition for "farce" that applies here, "an empty or patently ridiculous act, proceeding, or situation." Doesn't this definition apply?
On the news, we see our Members of Congress running around and waving their arms but doing nothing. They continue to draw their salaries. They continue to criticize anything that might affect their cozy lives and the lives of their friends.
I have been going to D.C. for 27 years talking about eliminating the income/payroll tax system. During this time, I have gotten to know some of the Members of Congress well and believe that they are decent people. However, it seems that the decent people are not able to overcome the efforts of the rest of the Members and the D.C. Elite to keep things going for them and their friends at the expense of the rest of us.
How To Penetrate the Noise of D.C.
We all know that raising money is a never-ending chore for elected officials. Each election it seems that new Congressional campaign spending records are set. How are ordinary people like us, who don't have the money that Members and the Elite seem to demand, going to penetrate the D.C. noise and be heard?
Many in D.C. really wish they could eliminate our voices altogether. They have arranged the Congressional districts so that they have made "safe" seats for Members of both parties. They have made sure that almost all of the campaign contributions go to incumbents and almost nothing to their challengers. They have all decided that they are much better at making decisions than we are. They believe that the only reason we question them is because of our ignorance.
However, the Members still have to ask us, not the lobbyists or D.C. Elites, for our votes or they will not be re-elected. In the general elections, the incumbents almost always win. However, in the primary elections, many fewer people vote and this is the chance to replace some of these Members with someone who will, at least initially, look to help the rest of us.
IRS Terror
The truth is that the only way to stop the escalating income/payroll tax evasion is to greatly increase the powers of the IRS and the number of audits. Since only about 20% of the filers are evading their rightful taxes and they don't identify themselves, the IRS will audit the other 80% who are trying to obey the laws. The IRS are cowards and will try to pick the low-hanging fruit--the small business owners. They know that most small business owners will not have the resources to fight an illegitimate assessment and can be extorted into paying it.
When I worked as a tax attorney, there were many times that I told the taxpayer who received an assessment to just pay it. The taxpayer would protest that it was wrong and most of the time I agreed. However, I explained to them that they would pay me multiple times the assessed amount and it made no economic sense.
It was like the taxpayer was buying protection.
Conclusion
The reason that Congress and the Elites are so resistant to the FAIRtax is that it directly shifts power and many ways of extorting campaign contributions out of their hands and into the ordinary people's hands. Under the FAIRtax, they can no longer sell special favors that can be hidden from us. Under the FAIRtax, all of us will see the true cost of government with every purchase.
This might even embolden us to question spending or what they are doing with our money. To Congress and the D.C. Elites, this is an outrage. The FAIRtax and all of us are direct threats to their power.
Please make no mistake, if we don't succeed with the FAIRtax, they will strike back and "punish" us for not respecting our betters. These people value their money and power enough to take any action to protect it.
Remember, if we don't continue to tell the truth and demand a change, then this quote from George Orwell's 1984 may foretell our children's future:
“If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—forever.”
WHAT CAN EACH OF US DO
Call up the local or D.C. offices of your House Member and two Senators and you can use the following script:
HELP BRING ABOUT REAL TAX REFORM AND STOP FUTURE IRS ABUSES
Because of the varied attacks on the Ryan/Brady income tax plan, the White House has announced that they need to start over to determine the best tax plan to propose.
Abraham Lincoln said, “Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.”
We may only have a limited time to stop the fake tax reform being promoted by some in Congress. If it passes, then the Elites will say that we need to wait before we consider any more changes. To stop this fake reform, we must be able to ensure that our message is clearly heard not only by Congress but also by President Trump. To do this we need your help.
By contributing (investing) $10.40 per month, you help provide a financial base to AFFT. If you can make larger contributions (investments), these will be used not for salaries, as we are all volunteers, but for the needed updates to our economic studies which will be vital in 2017.
Please go to this link to invest in AFFT and in your and your family’s future.
TAX LOBBYING 101 - ALL THE INFO YOU NEED TO BE A FAIRTAX LOBBYIST
FAIRTAX POWER RADIO EPISODE #75
How You Can Become a Lobbyist? After reviewing some tax related news items, The FAIRtax Guys give you the information necessary for you to become a Class A FAIRtax Lobbyist. Use this information to lobby your Congressman or Woman and Senators to become cosponsors of the FAIRtax, the only REAL tax reform legislation in Congress at this time.
In the last two episodes, The FAIRtax Guys answered the most common questions about the FAIRtax. What better way to discuss the basic concepts of the FAIRtax than to address the Frequently Asked Questions found on the main AFFT website: www.fairtax.org. This is a great way to brush up on the important features of the FAIRtax.
PLEASE HELP US spread the word about the FAIRtax and FAIRtax Power Radio. Telling your friends and relatives about our free weekly podcasts is a great way to help us garner more support. Help us keep America informed for it is the American people who must demand REAL tax reform in Congress.
You can listen to FTPR on any platform - Mac or PC, iPhone or Android. And it’s 100% free.
Listen on Spreaker.com (http://bit.ly/27oJYlV), iTunes (http://apple.co/1Te8VdF) or iHeart Radio (http://bit.ly/2eqEG7y) on your computer or smartphone. The easiest way to listen to FTPR on your smartphone is by downloading the free FTPR app. Just search for “FAIRtax Power Radio” in your app store, download the app and start listening.
As stated earlier, we post a new episode every Friday morning. Please listen in and tell everyone you know about the FAIRtax Power Radio.
The FAIRtax: Once You Understand It, You’ll Demand It!
YOU MISSED GETTING YOUR SIGNED COPY OF AMERICA’S BIG SOLUTION?
America’s Big Solution is an introduction to the FAIRtax written by Terry Tibbetts, author of A Spartan Game: The Life and Loss of Don Holleder, with help from Ron Maiellaro, President of the Florida FAIRtax Educational Association.
America’s Big Solution is meant for people of any age who would like an introduction to the FAIRtax and would prefer to read about it rather than search online for Tweets, Posts and Shares.
You can buy an electronic version of ABS as follows: AMERICA’S BIG SOLUTION is available for only $2.99 for the Amazon Kindle (http://amzn.to/1WIRHry), the Barnes & Noble Nook (http://bit.ly/1XeG8bH) and Apple iOS (http://apple.co/1tnqK0P).
You can purchase a print copy at the same Amazon link above for $9.25. Regardless of whether you choose the electronic format or the print format, you’ll find AMERICA’S BIG SOLUTION will give someone the boost they need to begin their study of the FAIRtax and the suggested resources to learn more. Buy AMERICA’S BIG SOLUTION now!
LINKS TO MORE INFORMATION
These links will help you promote and support the FAIRtax, make yourself familiar with the links below. We always do our best to keep our AFFT community up to date, and you can stay ahead of the curve using these convenient sites.
We plan to do several of these mailings each month. If you take a minute to open the sponsored emails and click through to the website, you are making an in kind contribution to AFFT. It is not required to actually make a purchase, but your minute of time will ensure that AFFT is paid ever larger amounts from people paying for us to send their offers to our supporters.
Again, we are making every effort to ensure that we work with only reputable companies. If you feel that any FAIRtax-sponsored email is objectionable, please email us at info@fairtax.org and tell us why. You can also opt to not receive these sponsored email messages but still receive FAIRtax emails.
Thank you for staying FAIRtax strong!
Why do we call it the Washington Farce? The Merriam Webster on-line dictionary has this definition for "farce" that applies here, "an empty or patently ridiculous act, proceeding, or situation." Doesn't this definition apply?
On the news, we see our Members of Congress running around and waving their arms but doing nothing. They continue to draw their salaries. They continue to criticize anything that might affect their cozy lives and the lives of their friends.
I have been going to D.C. for 27 years talking about eliminating the income/payroll tax system. During this time, I have gotten to know some of the Members of Congress well and believe that they are decent people. However, it seems that the decent people are not able to overcome the efforts of the rest of the Members and the D.C. Elite to keep things going for them and their friends at the expense of the rest of us.
How To Penetrate the Noise of D.C.
We all know that raising money is a never-ending chore for elected officials. Each election it seems that new Congressional campaign spending records are set. How are ordinary people like us, who don't have the money that Members and the Elite seem to demand, going to penetrate the D.C. noise and be heard?
Many in D.C. really wish they could eliminate our voices altogether. They have arranged the Congressional districts so that they have made "safe" seats for Members of both parties. They have made sure that almost all of the campaign contributions go to incumbents and almost nothing to their challengers. They have all decided that they are much better at making decisions than we are. They believe that the only reason we question them is because of our ignorance.
However, the Members still have to ask us, not the lobbyists or D.C. Elites, for our votes or they will not be re-elected. In the general elections, the incumbents almost always win. However, in the primary elections, many fewer people vote and this is the chance to replace some of these Members with someone who will, at least initially, look to help the rest of us.
IRS Terror
The truth is that the only way to stop the escalating income/payroll tax evasion is to greatly increase the powers of the IRS and the number of audits. Since only about 20% of the filers are evading their rightful taxes and they don't identify themselves, the IRS will audit the other 80% who are trying to obey the laws. The IRS are cowards and will try to pick the low-hanging fruit--the small business owners. They know that most small business owners will not have the resources to fight an illegitimate assessment and can be extorted into paying it.
When I worked as a tax attorney, there were many times that I told the taxpayer who received an assessment to just pay it. The taxpayer would protest that it was wrong and most of the time I agreed. However, I explained to them that they would pay me multiple times the assessed amount and it made no economic sense.
It was like the taxpayer was buying protection.
Conclusion
The reason that Congress and the Elites are so resistant to the FAIRtax is that it directly shifts power and many ways of extorting campaign contributions out of their hands and into the ordinary people's hands. Under the FAIRtax, they can no longer sell special favors that can be hidden from us. Under the FAIRtax, all of us will see the true cost of government with every purchase.
This might even embolden us to question spending or what they are doing with our money. To Congress and the D.C. Elites, this is an outrage. The FAIRtax and all of us are direct threats to their power.
Please make no mistake, if we don't succeed with the FAIRtax, they will strike back and "punish" us for not respecting our betters. These people value their money and power enough to take any action to protect it.
Remember, if we don't continue to tell the truth and demand a change, then this quote from George Orwell's 1984 may foretell our children's future:
“If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—forever.”
WHAT CAN EACH OF US DO
Call up the local or D.C. offices of your House Member and two Senators and you can use the following script:
- I am sure that Representative ____ or Senator ____ is in favor of everyone obeying the income tax laws.
- After they assure you that their boss is not in favor of anyone breaking the law, ask if they are aware of the Cebula study showing $9 trillion of evaded income/payroll taxes over the next ten years.
- Since most will say they don’t believe their boss has seen the study, either drop off a copy or get an email address and send a copy to them for their boss.
- Say you are going to call back in a week and ask what the Representative or Senator is going to do to stop this evasion.
- In a week, call back and ask specifically what the Representative or Senator is going to do to enforce the law.
- They probably will say their boss believes that simplifying the income tax will handle the problem.
- Explain that when people evade income taxes, they are also evading the 15.3% payroll/Medicare tax and state income tax. So it is unlikely that they are going to pay 30% or 40% when they were paying 0% because they have already decided it is okay to cheat.
- Say that the only way to reduce evasion is to increase by tens or hundreds of thousands the number of comprehensive IRS audits done each year.
- Point out that Evaders do not self-identify by putting an “E” on their income tax return.
- 80% of the people likely to be audited are trying to comply, but they will be forced to endure these IRS audits as well.
- Ask if the Member is in favor of this?
- If they say no, then ask again how the Member proposes to stop people breaking the income tax laws.
- Then explain that the way to handle evasion without unleashing the IRS audits is the FAIRtax.
HELP BRING ABOUT REAL TAX REFORM AND STOP FUTURE IRS ABUSES
Because of the varied attacks on the Ryan/Brady income tax plan, the White House has announced that they need to start over to determine the best tax plan to propose.
Abraham Lincoln said, “Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.”
We may only have a limited time to stop the fake tax reform being promoted by some in Congress. If it passes, then the Elites will say that we need to wait before we consider any more changes. To stop this fake reform, we must be able to ensure that our message is clearly heard not only by Congress but also by President Trump. To do this we need your help.
By contributing (investing) $10.40 per month, you help provide a financial base to AFFT. If you can make larger contributions (investments), these will be used not for salaries, as we are all volunteers, but for the needed updates to our economic studies which will be vital in 2017.
Please go to this link to invest in AFFT and in your and your family’s future.
TAX LOBBYING 101 - ALL THE INFO YOU NEED TO BE A FAIRTAX LOBBYIST
FAIRTAX POWER RADIO EPISODE #75
How You Can Become a Lobbyist? After reviewing some tax related news items, The FAIRtax Guys give you the information necessary for you to become a Class A FAIRtax Lobbyist. Use this information to lobby your Congressman or Woman and Senators to become cosponsors of the FAIRtax, the only REAL tax reform legislation in Congress at this time.
In the last two episodes, The FAIRtax Guys answered the most common questions about the FAIRtax. What better way to discuss the basic concepts of the FAIRtax than to address the Frequently Asked Questions found on the main AFFT website: www.fairtax.org. This is a great way to brush up on the important features of the FAIRtax.
PLEASE HELP US spread the word about the FAIRtax and FAIRtax Power Radio. Telling your friends and relatives about our free weekly podcasts is a great way to help us garner more support. Help us keep America informed for it is the American people who must demand REAL tax reform in Congress.
You can listen to FTPR on any platform - Mac or PC, iPhone or Android. And it’s 100% free.
Listen on Spreaker.com (http://bit.ly/27oJYlV), iTunes (http://apple.co/1Te8VdF) or iHeart Radio (http://bit.ly/2eqEG7y) on your computer or smartphone. The easiest way to listen to FTPR on your smartphone is by downloading the free FTPR app. Just search for “FAIRtax Power Radio” in your app store, download the app and start listening.
As stated earlier, we post a new episode every Friday morning. Please listen in and tell everyone you know about the FAIRtax Power Radio.
The FAIRtax: Once You Understand It, You’ll Demand It!
YOU MISSED GETTING YOUR SIGNED COPY OF AMERICA’S BIG SOLUTION?
America’s Big Solution is an introduction to the FAIRtax written by Terry Tibbetts, author of A Spartan Game: The Life and Loss of Don Holleder, with help from Ron Maiellaro, President of the Florida FAIRtax Educational Association.
America’s Big Solution is meant for people of any age who would like an introduction to the FAIRtax and would prefer to read about it rather than search online for Tweets, Posts and Shares.
You can buy an electronic version of ABS as follows: AMERICA’S BIG SOLUTION is available for only $2.99 for the Amazon Kindle (http://amzn.to/1WIRHry), the Barnes & Noble Nook (http://bit.ly/1XeG8bH) and Apple iOS (http://apple.co/1tnqK0P).
You can purchase a print copy at the same Amazon link above for $9.25. Regardless of whether you choose the electronic format or the print format, you’ll find AMERICA’S BIG SOLUTION will give someone the boost they need to begin their study of the FAIRtax and the suggested resources to learn more. Buy AMERICA’S BIG SOLUTION now!
LINKS TO MORE INFORMATION
These links will help you promote and support the FAIRtax, make yourself familiar with the links below. We always do our best to keep our AFFT community up to date, and you can stay ahead of the curve using these convenient sites.
- The website of Americans for Fair Taxation
- The FAIRtax website at which you can get involved to help make it happen.
- The Facebook page for Americans for Fair Taxation
- The Facebook page for The FAIRtax Guys
- The Twitter page for Americans for Fair Taxation
- PopVox - Connecting people and lawmakers for more effective participation and better governing
- YouTube channel for AFFT
- Provides FAIRtax promotional materials with authorized AFFT logos.
- Do your shopping, save money and support the AFFT
- The Official FAIRtax Logo Store
We plan to do several of these mailings each month. If you take a minute to open the sponsored emails and click through to the website, you are making an in kind contribution to AFFT. It is not required to actually make a purchase, but your minute of time will ensure that AFFT is paid ever larger amounts from people paying for us to send their offers to our supporters.
Again, we are making every effort to ensure that we work with only reputable companies. If you feel that any FAIRtax-sponsored email is objectionable, please email us at info@fairtax.org and tell us why. You can also opt to not receive these sponsored email messages but still receive FAIRtax emails.
Thank you for staying FAIRtax strong!