Leaders Fiddle While the Nation Burns

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MARCH 19, 2010

Leaders Fiddle While the Nation Burns

The United States hit a new record this month—more public debt piled up than any month before in the history of the nation. Unapologetic, Congress bought five luxury private jets for a brand new Congressional fleet because they didn’t feel that military jets were good enough for their junkets or their refined tastes.

Where did the money come from? The nation borrowed it from foreign creditors and secured the debt with our earnings and the future earnings of our children and grandchildren.

The FairTax ends the corruption practiced daily by tax writing committees who treat $2.5 trillion a year in tax receipts as their private property. It bars lobby deals and special favors and shifts power from the government to the citizen. It restores the role of the American people in deciding how much and when taxes are paid by their consumption decisions and it creates a new era of robust American economic growth.

But as good as the FairTax is for the nation, it is still ignored, at best, and distorted and despised, at worst, by those in the political elite who profit from corruption of the federal tax code. This week your FairTax organization delivered nearly 100,000 petitions to the House Ways and Means Committee--who could not be bothered to meet with national FairTax campaign chairman, Ken Hoagland.

"I am furious that the leading alternative to the income tax has again been ignored along with every American who petitioned their government for redress of grievances," said Hoagland. "This betrayal of the voice of the American people adds fuel to the fire of our determination to break through the wholly unacceptable and un-American shell of disdain for the common man that we are seeing from Washington, D.C."

Hoagland said that April 15th events planned including the "Storm the Hill" and "Operation FairTax" rallies as well as the on-line tax revolt march www.onlinetaxrevolt.com were needed efforts to "break through to our leaders". "We will not give up, we will not stop and we will not rest until we have ripped this broken tax system and culture of political privilege out by the roots. That is a promise."

It's the final countdown...

We're coming up on April 15, 2010! For those new to the politikin' scene, April 15 is somewhat of a holiday for FairTax.org. For over 10 years, we've envisioned April 15 as just another beautiful spring day... we've rallied in front of post offices, held tax day protests and helped spread the word of the end of the IRS.

On Thursday, April 15, 2010, our nation's Capital will be humming with patriotism. Die-hard Americans will fill the streets of Washington demanding tax reform - demanding a hearing at the House Ways and Means Committee. FairTax has collected thousands of petitions asking for a hearing at the Committee and thousands of supporters will deliver these petitions to current Chairman Levin.

For those not trekking to Washington, here are two easy ways to promote FairTax:

• FIRST: Join the OnLineTaxRevolt.com and create a personal Avatar to march to Washington D.C. for the April 15th Rally
• SECOND: Find a post office Rally in your area or START YOUR OWN!! The purpose is to share FairTax as the solution to our economic woes. Do you know people who procrastinate on their taxes and then sweat it out for days while they completely stress over numbers? And then they rush to the post office to deposit their tax returns and find a SOLUTION to the silliness of income tax!

If you're on the East Coast of Florida, join us for our • Daytona Beach Tax Day Rally • Presented by FairTax East Volusia & Volusia 912

• Tax Day Rally!! April 15, 2010 • 5p-7p, downtown Daytona Beach • Park at City Island (Magnolia & Beach St. between the ball field & the library)

Email FairTaxVolusia@gmail.com with questions or to volunteer. Or call Susan @ 386-788-8083.

Find your area happenings at FairTax.org

Guess how many taxes are in this bill??!!

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FLEMING HEALTH CARE REFORM UPDATE
Guess how many taxes are in this bill??!!
March 13, 2010

As a citizen concerned about our nation’s health care system, I thought you’d like to know that the health care bill being rammed through the House contains 10 years worth of tax increases to pay for only 6 years worth of benefits. These taxes total $500 billion dollars over 10 years. Many of these taxes will affect Americans earning less than $200,000 a year, despite the President’s promise to avoid such taxes.

Here are just a few of the taxes contained in the bill:

• $750 penalty per worker charged to employers who fail to provide government-sanctioned health insurance
• Tax on brand name drugs—totaling $2.3 billion
• Increased penalty for early withdrawal from your HSA (from 10% to 20%)
• Tax on medical devices—totaling $19.2 billion
• 10% tax on indoor tanning services

WHAT THIS MEANS FOR YOU: Some of these taxes may affect you directly. Others, like the employer mandate, will cost our economy desperately needed jobs. Others will have ripple effects through the system that will raise prices for everyone.

THE DOCTOR'S DIAGNOSIS: America needs common sense health reform, not job-killing taxes. Future Congresses will be under pressure to raise taxes even further to pay for future years of an expanded government-administered health care system.
As this process unfolds, I will continue to work to represent you, bring common-sense to this debate, expose abuses of power and do all I can to prevent bad policy from becoming law.

Sincerely,

JOHN FLEMING, M.D.
Member of Congress

P.S. If you’d like more information, please visit my website at Fleming.House.Gov or follow me onFacebook and Twitter.

Online Tax Revolt

Have you heard about this yet? With millions of Americans fed up with our tax system, it's no wonder that creative avenues of protest are rising. You can join the Online Tax Revolt at no cost and virtually be there to protest our current tax system.

I am trying to find figures siting how many Americans have been to Washington D.C. I'd guess that not even 50% of us have visited our nation's capital... Surely Americans want to visit D.C., but it's a matter of money & convenience. I mean, this is a big country!! My relatives in California would have to fly for 4 hours and invest some $$ or drive for 4 days just to get there.

So, if you're fed up with the system and aren't sure that you can make it to the April 15 Tax Rally in the Capital, go ahead and sign up online! Create your avatar and be there virtually. Goooo America!!

www.OnlineTaxRevolt.com