This the life -- "fair" tax exposed; other tax truth

Via email from a fellow Constitutional activist (thanks, V!). Ron Paul's heroic work was the inspiration for the tea party movement, but he can't be blamed for what it's become. Dr. Paul would never in a million years support a monstrosity like the FairTax scheme. He is, of course, the only known federal politician whose perfect stance is "abolish the income tax and replace it with nothing!"

Say..... is there any other incumbent at any level of politics who's demanding the same return to Constitutional taxation? I'm supposed to be a guru on all this, and I can't think of one!

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There seems to be some confusion these days about
taxation plans. Some of the names of bills make it
all the more difficult to come out in opposition of
them. Still, the devil is in the details.

I am taking the liberty of sending to you a list of
the writings by Dr. Laurence M. Vance on the
subject of taxes -- primarily the so-called "Fair
Tax" or "FairTax" bill. The last two articles have
been written recently. He puts things concisely.

Please take the time to understand what politicians
mean when they use the words "fair" and "flat."

Can a Tax Be 'Fair'?
http://www.lewrockwell.com/vance/vance200.html

The Fair Tax Fraud
http://mises.org/story/1814

There is No Such Thing as a Fair Tax
http://mises.org/story/1975

FairTax New Math
http://blog.mises.org/archives/004436.asp

The Fraudulent Tax
http://mises.org/story/2327

There Is Still No Such Thing As a Fair Tax
http://mises.org/story/2961

The Flat Tax Is Not Flat and the FairTax Is Not Fair
http://mises.org/story/3389

Fair Tax? Flat Tax? The Case for No Tax
http://thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/7681-fair-tax-flat-tax-the-case-for-no-tax

The Flat Tax is Not Flat and the FairTax is Not Fair
http://lewrockwell.com/vance/vance243.html


Incidentally, someone recently told me something
that I have never been able to verify. He said
that Ron Paul is in favor of the "Fair Tax." Well,
here is the list of all of the "Fair Tax" bills
that have been introduced in the U.S. House since
1999. If Ron Paul favored it, he would have
sponsored or co-sponsored the legislation. However,
you will find that he never has since the bill was
first introduced in 1999:

* 106th Congress: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d106:HR02525:
* 107th Congress: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d107:HR02525:
* 108th Congress: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d108:H.R.00025:
* 109th Congress: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:H.R.00025:
* 110th Congress: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:H.R.00025:
* 111th Congress: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:H.R.00025:
* 112th Congress: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d112:H.R.00025:

Furthermore, you will find no mention of the "Fair
Tax" on his Congressional campaign website under
the "Debt and Taxes" page:
http://www.ronpaulforcongress.com/html/debt.html .

The "Fair Tax" does not lower federal spending by
so much as a penny while Ron Paul wants to lower
it dramatically, bringing it in line with the
Constitution.

Beware of so-called Tea Party groups that endorse,
support or otherwise favor the "Fair Tax" bill.
Ron Paul founded the Tea Party movement in 2007
during his 2008 Presidential run
http://ronpaulanswers.com/who-started-the-tea-party/
and since he has not sponsored the "Fair Tax" bill,
it is a departure from his views on taxation for
Tea Party groups (or their members) to support it.