We were out of town today, but while we were in the car, we heard a very interesting conversation on the radio. This employer said for every dollar she paid out in wages, it cost her
$1.24. And for every dollar an employee received in wages, they only actually received $.76.
Now think about that for awhile. The employer pays $.24 more and the employee receives $.24 less. That amounts to $.48 out of every $1.00 paid to the employee that goes to the government in various forms of taxes.
Can't you just imagine the possibilities for both the employer and the employee if we had the fairtax in place?! Savings! Investments! Education! Homeownership! They would both have more to spend on what they wanted, not what the government dictated.
Stand up and be counted! Make your voice heard! Go to www.fairtax.org and sign their petition. Vote for the politicians who say they will vote for the FairTax. We can make a difference!
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Let's do some "directional math."
"Tax Reform Directional Math" homework problems-
Prob. No. 1
"my voice counts" (+1)
+ what the FairTax did last time it "made the rounds on the Hill" (-1)
= 0 Result: Kotlikoff's "meltdown" and/or Frey's "collapse"
Prob. No. 2
"my voice counts" (+1)
+ "I joined FairTax.org" (+1)
+ "I shared this w/another, who also joined" (+1)
= 3 Result: Tax reform goals-awareness heightened; representatives brought under pressure in their districts to co-sponsor HR 25; possible passage of FairTax.
While parlor-talking about "tilting at windmills" (-1) is quite charming, and pontificating about how the FairTax's "time has not come (and probably never will)" (-1) may give an impression of astuteness or erudition (particularly by the one pontificating this babble), these attitudes and expressions flog idea that one's voice can actually help evoke change.
Put simply: "If it's GOING TO BE, it starts with me."
Well put, Ian. Good math skills.
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