Posted by
INTHENOW on Sunday, July 05, 2009 1:59:03 PM
Not every conservative agrees on all issues. That’s fine. But we all need to speak with one voice when it comes to the subject title. The elimination of the IRS and congressional term limits are the two most important topics conservatives should focus on and we should make this clear to any potential candidate.
If enacted the Fair Tax proposal would force politicians to cede power back to the individual:
“The FairTax Act (HR 25, S 296) is nonpartisan legislation. It abolishes all federal personal and corporate income taxes, gift, estate, capital gains, alternative minimum, Social Security, Medicare, and self-employment taxes and replaces them with one simple, visible, federal retail sales tax administered primarily by existing state sales tax authorities.”
Passage of HR 25 and abolition of the IRS would disarm politicians by reducing the federal government and the funds for expansion, leave more money and power in the states, and take away the hammer elected and appointed federal officials use to intimidate citizens.
Congressional term limits, like the Fair Tax would drastically alter the government landscape in favor of the individual. I found a 15 year-old article at The Heritage Foundation website that is more applicable today than when originally composed. Here is an excerpt from the conclusion:
“It is difficult to overstate the extent to which term limits would change Congress. They are supported by large majorities of most American demographic groups; they are opposed primarily by incumbent politicians and the special interest groups which depend on them. Term limits would ameliorate many of America's most serious political problems by counterbalancing incumbent advantages, ensuring congressional turnover, securing independent congressional judgment, and reducing election-related incentives for wasteful government spending. Perhaps most important, Congress would acquire a sense of its own fragility and temporariness, possibly even coming to learn that it would acquire more legitimacy as an institution by doing better work on fewer tasks.”
Please go to the site and read every word. It’s long but worth it. It’s important that we all know the details of the arguments for and against term limits.
All other issues, including social and foreign policy matters take a backseat to these two essential changes that must occur. We cannot steer this car unless we take the wheel back from the Fed. These are the initial concrete steps towards securing our eroding liberties and getting government under control. Once the individual regains the power our original founders intended and designed, only then can we start to reverse the social engineering of America.
Our TEA party signs and shouts…our faxes, phone calls, and letters should collectively echo this message and make clear to all political candidates (incumbents and challengers) that unless these two measures are at the top of their agenda, they are not to be seriously considered. Anyone running for office opposed to term limits and the Fair Tax, regardless of their conservative principles or position on social issues, is not sincere about giving government back to the people, and is just the same ole package in a different wrapping.
Again, please visit the Fair Tax home page and read the Heritage article in its entirety.
I’m very curious to know how all of you feel about this position. If you agree, please copy the post, or rewrite it however you like and send it to anyone who’ll listen; Tea Party organizers, your legislators, TV and radio pundits…anyone who is trying to stop this ongoing train wreck.
We need to get these two issues front and center.
Regardless of who’s in office, Americans will always remain on the defense without these systematic changes to protect us.
http://www.fairtax.org/site/PageServer?pagename=about_main
http://www.heritage.org/Research/GovernmentReform/BG994.cfm