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It’s not over yet
Posted on November 14th, 2008 No commentsObama won the presidency and that’s remarkable. But who knew that it might come down to Georgia to decide what happens in Washington and the country as a whole? The democrats are possibly 1 away from having 60 seats in the house. That makes them filibuster proof. Which puts little in the way to stop legislation that conservatives aren’t in favor of.
Saxby Chambliss did not have quite enough votes to win his seat. Thanks to a third party candidate he was a hair below 50%. That forces the senate race here into a run-off. His opponent is Jim Martin.
Now I’ll admit I wasn’t heavily following the senate race here as far as campaigns go. I knew it was important but had no idea it might be this important. Here is what it comes down to for me:
Jim Martin is one of two things: a) incredibly stupid (which I doubt) or b) will say anything to get elected. I am pretty sure it’s (b). Why? One word; FairTax (OK that’s two words put together but whatever).
Why FairTax? I saw Jim Martin’s ad about FairTax and I was speechless. If you’ve read my blog for any amount of time you’ll have seen my mentions of the FairTax. I understand for the very most part how it works and how it would work to be a boon to our country as a whole. Jim Martin does not understand this or at least his campaign advisers don’t. Perhaps they do but they no one thing that motivates people and that is FEAR.
One of the first things you’ll ever read about FairTax is 23% tax rate. If people are smart they keep reading and get the whole story. Jim Martin assumes people are too stupid to investigate on their own? His ad says FairTax would ADD 23% to everything we buy. I’ll be blunt here; he’s out of his frapping mind. Saxby Chambliss supports the FairTax. Now tell me, what politician in his right mind would support an additional 23% tax on everything? Answer? Zero.
Martin is not telling the whole story. He throws 23% out there and scares the hell out of people. Red Foreman says it best but “He’s a dumb-ass.” 23% is NOT added on to everything. In a nutshell the IRS is gone, federal with-holdings end and you get your entire paycheck. You fund the federal government through a progressive sales tax. So it does not come out of your paycheck. Period. It just restructures the way the governement is funded. Shifts things around so to speak. This “additional 23%” garbage is bullcrap.
If you’ve never heard of FairTax let me elaborate a tad on FairTax. I’ll take straight from the website as they’re better at wording this stuff than I am so here we go:
- Enables workers to keep their entire paychecks
- Enables retirees to keep their entire pensions
- Refunds in advance the tax on purchases of basic necessities
- Allows American products to compete fairly
- Brings transparency and accountability to tax policy
- Ensures Social Security and Medicare funding
- Closes all loopholes and brings fairness to taxation
- Abolishes the IRS
I whole-heartedly encourage anyone to visit the FairTax website and educate themselves. So in short, Jim Martin is lying and it’s not a matter of saying he’s lying just to say it. He is actually 100% legitamately lying in that campaign ad. FairTax is non-partisan but people like Martin choose to make it partisan and divide people on it. IT IS NON-PARTISAN, JIM. Leave it alone and run on the issues. Or perhaps you could support it and tell people how it really works and possibly win that seat?
Come on, Jim. Look at this long list of supporters. Why would they all support an additional 23% tax? Oh right because it isn’t one. Duh! Scroll to the bottom for the list of economists. Yes, economists! People that actually know things about the economy!
So, if Martin wins the run-off it’s a blow to conservatives in the Senate and a blow to the FairTax. Gee, who am I voting for?
oh and p.s.
I don’t really appreciate the random comments on my political postings. Come on people, speak english or write something other than gibberish? Thanks! (and thanks for reading
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So you want a change? FairTax
Posted on March 28th, 2008 No commentsThis post is 100% not about politics. It is not left vs right, it’s right vs wrong. What is wrong? Many things, one of which is our current tax system. The thing is, we have the ability to change it. Welcome to the idea of FairTax. I think most of my friends know I support it. Most people I talk to about it support it. Once you tell someone basically how it works, it’s easy to like and lightbulbs start going off. If you want the hardcore straight facts, go to the website.
I’ll just kind of ramble on here for a bit more. Please do not take my word for it. If you can think of a question about how it works, it’s been asked. More than likely it’s been asked repeated times. I am not an expert on it but I understand the structure and basis on how it works. Simply put, it will change how we fund the Federal Government.
Straight off the site:
- Enables workers to keep their entire paychecks
- Enables retirees to keep their entire pensions
- Refunds in advance the tax on purchases of basic necessities
- Allows American products to compete fairly
- Brings transparency and accountability to tax policy
- Ensures Social Security and Medicare funding
- Closes all loopholes and brings fairness to taxation
- Abolishes the IRS
And another excerpt from the site:
“Great public policy changes do not happen easily. We believe, however, in the promise of the Founding Fathers that this is a nation, “of, by and for the people”. In the last year we have seen more Congressional co-sponsors come on board faster than ever before. We have seen five of eight GOP candidates and one Democratic candidate embrace the FairTax. With increased media coverage, as at least one candidate has made this a central plank of his campaign, more and more Americans have come to understand the powerful benefits the FairTax offers the nation. They are, in turn, joining our growing citizen army and are beginning to communicate their wishes to their elected officials. All of this progress is a consequence of the body politic first learning about and then accepting the FairTax. As our ranks grow such pressure will increase on Members of Congress and at some point, the voice of the people will eclipse the voices of the relatively small number of Washingtonians who profit working the income tax system at great cost to the nation. Enactment of the FairTax will require an activist citizenry and a resurgence of what has been too often forgotten–public policy can and should be driven by the public. All that is required is that we all dare to be fair and remind our elected officials that they work for their constituents–not for the narrow self-interests of the tax writing committee, the lucrative tax lobby business or the academicians who have built careers around the complexity of the tax code.”
This post is more of a redirect to the FairTax website and less of how and why I like it. So go already! 