Raze Taxes-Clean Up Washington

The following article from Star Parker explains how the FairTax would help eliminate a lot of the pork in Washington, something that many Americans would love to see happen. This is one of the reasons I believe that we should elect governor Huckabee. He espouses the principles of smaller government and the principles that made America great without compromising his beliefs that every American should have the same opportunity to do well.

A 'yes, we can' plan with beef: Nix IRS

Posted: February 23, 2008
1:00 am Eastern

© 2008

With the wide public sympathy today for "cleaning up Washington," it's too bad more attention hasn't been given to Mike Huckabee's "Fair Tax" proposal.

There is no perfectly constructed tax, and this idea, like all, has its critics. But it also has huge benefits relevant to today's concerns and warrants much more serious attention than it's getting.

The proposal would get rid of all existing taxes – the income tax on individuals and corporations, the payroll tax, the estate (death) tax – and replace them with a single national retail sales tax. Fair Tax proponents say that it would take a sales tax of 23 percent to meet current obligations.

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