Saturday, April 18, 2009
© Copyright 2013
Gwinnett Daily Post
Rep. John Linder's recent op-ed ("Fate of the FairTax lies squarely in your hands," April 15, Page 6A) said his FairTax scheme is really popular with kids. He had better pin his hopes on children, because his bill has been completely discredited by adults. You know, the people who actually have to pay the taxes.
While Linder is waving around a tax plan that will never ever pass and people are losing their jobs, he enjoys an annual salary of $174,000 and uses $900,000 per year of our money for his staff. He enjoys health care benefits and very nice guaranteed-for-life federal pension benefits. Over the past five years, various groups have sponsored his trips to China, Turkey, Europe, Palm Beach and other nice places. Business groups (political action committees) gave him over $200,000, or 97 percent of his PAC money during 2007-08. The FairTax plan eliminates all taxes on businesses. Coincidence?More like this story
- Businesses seem to be behind Linder's FairTax ( April 18, 2009 )
- Countries using consumption tax better off than US ( April 22, 2009 )
- Letters: Countries using consumption tax better off than US ( April 22, 2009 )
- Linder's basis for FairTax not based on facts ( April 19, 2009 )
- Letters: Linder's basis for FairTax not based on facts ( April 19, 2009 )
Comments
Use the comment form below to begin a discussion about this content.
Sign in to comment
Or login with:
OpenID