tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10203630.post-30549977286591269232008-04-28T12:26:00.000-05:002008-04-28T12:26:09.023-05:00Pro-<strong>Wayne Allyn Root</strong>, that is. He's the leading candidate for the Libertarian Party presidential nomination right now.<br /><br /><em>During this campaign for our party's nomination, several of my esteemed opponents have spoken in favor of imposing a 30% national sales tax on all goods and services- combined with a check paid to everyone in the country (in the form of an automatic annual tax rebate - whether you've earned income or paid taxes, or not). Our campaign has received hundreds of requests to comment on the “Fair Tax,” many of them proponents. But after studying the proposal, we conclude that the “Fair Tax” is a bad idea.<br /><br />The so-called “Fair Tax” is not an advance for freedom; it is a prescription for tyranny and will relegate our descendants to being little more than welfare-dependent wards of the government.<br /><br />Advocating a “Fair Tax” is bad for our party and bad for America, and we believe that having our party's nominee advocate this would tarnish the Libertarian Party's brand.<br /><br />Our campaign offers a competing vision.<br /><br />Imagine instead a country where businesses and individuals would no longer need to account to the government for their income. Imagine a country where we can be free from the Internal Revenue Service. Imagine in one instant eliminating individual federal income taxes, corporate federal income taxes, payroll taxes, death taxes, the marriage penalty, excise taxes, and even the dreaded AMT (Alternative Minimum Tax) - all of it at once, gone forever.</em><br /><br />Oh, and to Neal Boortz: sorry but I agree with Wayne on the Fair Tax. It's a great idea until you bring in the whole part about rebate checks. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.rootforamerica.com/">Wayne Allyn Root: Libertarian Presidential Candidate Website</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.rootforamerica.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry080415-081044">A Realistic Plan to End Federal Income Taxes Forever</a>Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02806571472039837844noreply@blogger.com