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Conservatives in Congress urge shutdown of IRS
In a Reuters article on May 2nd, author Susan Cornwell highlighted the Republican Study Committee’s position regarding the IRS. The committee called for the complete elimination of the IRS. Over two-thirds of the Republicans in the House of Representatives are members...
GA Rep. Emory Dunahoo Rallies FairTax® Advocates for Georgia Bill
April 12, 2016 At Georgians for Fair Taxation’s (GFFT) Quarterly Board Public Event on Tuesday April 12, an excited and engaged crowd had the opportunity to listen to GA Representative Emory Dunahoo (R- District 30) discuss why he agreed to be the sponsor of...
Savannah News Station Interviews Georgia FairTax Board Member Mike Warlick About HB-1141
Our own Mike Warlick, Georgians for Fair Taxation Board Member, would not pass up the opportunity to tell a WTOC Savannah about the State FairTax bill currently in the Georgia State House. WTOC was so intrigued by the idea of a FairTax bill they made a news segment...
Rob Woodall is Moving the FairTax® Forward
US Representative Rob Woodall from Georgia's 7th District has been making headway in promoting the FairTax in Congress! In his newsletter, he reports that last week three things happened. He urged House Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady to consider the FairTax in...
Friday, March 11, 2016 – On This Date In History…
Twenty years from now, your grandchildren may ask you why Georgians celebrate March 11th. It’s not the first day of Major League Baseball Spring Training; that starts in February. It’s not the first day of Spring; that’s not until March 20th. And St. Patrick’s Day is...
I, Too, Have a Dream!
Philip L. Hinson I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.’ I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons...
Georgia Tax Friendly? Oh Really?
by Bill Fogarty, Georgians for FairTaxation Board Member Georgia boosters are fond of saying that Georgia is a great place to do business. Apparently the folks at the Tax Foundation don’t rate Georgia quite so highly. Taxes are an important, if not the most important,...
I Pledge Allegiance ….. To What?
by Philip L. Hinson I pledge allegiance to the flag of The United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Just what is The United States of America? Some would say it’s a country...
Second Annual FairTax Advocacy Day at the Capitol – WOW!
When the Legislature is in session, the Georgia State Capitol is a beehive of activity. On February 4, 2016, 18 hardy GFFT advocates made an impact under the Gold Dome. A few intrepid souls – Diane Earnest and her daughter Melissa, Tom Brown, Rodney Arnold, John...
WE WANT YOU IN OUR ALL-VOLUNTEER FACEBOOK FAIRTAX® ARMY
Head ‘em up. Move ‘em out! Let’s get this show on the road! Alllllll aboooaaard! Anchors Aweigh! Let’s roll! Off we go, into the wild blue yonder.... Over hill, over dale, we will hit the dusty trail... Forward, march! Or, as Herman Cain’s grandfather would put...
It’s Time to Uproot the Income Tax
By Mike Warlick Former State Director and Current Board Member "There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root." Henry David Thoreau For some reason, Thoreau’s words resonated with me in the midst of the...
Update on the Georgia FairTax® Bill
by Philip Hinson GFFT leadership received a much anticipated gift a few days before Christmas in the form of the initial draft of the Georgia FairTax bill. That draft was sent by the attorney that AFFT had engaged to write a bill that conforms as closely as...
GFFT Goes to the Fairs to Promote FairTax®
Remember the classic Willie Nelson song? Georgia FairTax advocates were glad to be “on the road again” in October and November, traveling to Moultrie for the Sunbelt Agricultural Expo, to Lawrenceville for a GOP Chili Cook-Off, and will be on our way Bostwick for our...
The Georgia FairTax®: Accept No Substitutes!
Philip L. Hinson, CPA Georgians for Fair Taxation (GFFT) has been hard at work on a state tax reform proposal modeled after the national FairTax proposal, which enjoys widespread support in Georgia. Although the model would work somewhat differently at the state level...
You Can’t Have Your Cake and Eat It Too!
As the 2016 presidential campaign gathers momentum, candidates are offering several flavors of tax reform; several of them are promising to eliminate the IRS; and all of them are saying their plan is the best. Only one candidate wholeheartedly supports the...