A few days ago I heard a little snippet on the radio about John Bon Jovi receiving farm subsidies from the federal government.  I was busy writing another article so I jotted down a note to remind me to look into this.  Frankly, when I heard the report I was both shocked and skeptical at the same time.  I thought, “Surely multi-millionaire performers aren’t being paid farm subsidies with my tax money”.  I had just heard Barack Obama talk about rich people paying their “fair share of taxes”. …

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I have heard Barack Obama’s latest campaign tactic and it set me to thinking.  Obama is going to give up the hope and change tact and run on the premise that rich people aren’t paying their “fair share” of taxes.  That brings me to some interesting questions.  How much is one’s “fair share”?  How much is my “fair share”?  Am I paying my “fair share”, and my “fair share” of what?  Who determines what a person’s “fair share” is?  Who is already paying their “fair share” and who is…

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Let's reduce and ration their Medicare.  Let's stop collecting taxes for Social Security.  Let's steal their retirement funds with inflation and taxes.  Let's council them on how to die.  And when they die, we'll inherit their money and become rich.  All our problems will be solved.  Let's kill the old folk. 

 

After we get rid of them, then our work force will be leaner and meaner.  There will be plenty of jobs.  Our country will thrive and prosper.  And since old folk are…

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THE FAIRTAX: AMERICA’S ROAD TO PROSPERITY

Conclusion

 

In this final installment of the FAIRTAX series I want to review the content of the series and give a few personal thoughts on our country, our system, and how I see the FAIRTAX being an integral part of the solution to our debt issue, though not the only aspect, and of how we get the United States back on steady financial ground.

 As I write this series our…

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THE FAIRTAX: AMERICA’S ROAD TO PROSPERITY

AN INTRODUCTION

A couple of years ago I began hearing about a new concept in taxation.  This new concept is called The FairTax.  I didn’t pay much attention because I thought “how is any tax fair?” when some pay and some don’t.  At first I dismissed it as another scam to throw me off the track of an out of control government looking for another way to hoodwink me into paying more of my hard earned…

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The Do-gooder and the Working Man

Or

Hang on to Your Bureaucrat





Bureaucrat:

Working Man:





Give me some of your money.



What for?



It is for your protection.



And, what if I refuse protection?



You can’t refuse my protection. It is the law. You have to be protected.



But!



Protecting you is my job, and if you will not let me do my job I will not let you… Continue