From: "Ru Mills" <rumills@mindspring.com> Date: Fri Jan 19, 2001 2:29am Subject: FAIR TAXATION - A personal note from Dr. Jeff Singer ----- Original Message ----- From: Fair Taxation To: rumills@mindspring.com Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2001 12:15 PM Subject: A personal note from Dr. Jeff Singer As the White House receives its newest occupants, a window of opportunity opens for Americans committed to repealing the income tax. President Bush hails from the state of Texas a state that gets by quite nicely without an income tax. Many leaders of the national sales tax movement, both in and out of government, hail from Texas as well. Many have his ear. President Bush has already signaled he is open to major tax reform as a long-term goal. Replacing the federal income tax with a national retail sales tax is not a partisan goal. In the last session of Congress, Representatives Collin Peterson (D-Minnesota) and John Linder (R-Georgia) joined to sponsor just such timely legislation, and recruited significant numbers of cosponsors from both sides of the aisle. To support the FairTax movement, please click: https://secure.fairtax.org/order/paycheck.html All that remains is for us to get to work. If there is one unfortunate lesson learned during the past several years, it is that courage and leadership are rare among the political class. Most elected officials are cautious and primarily concerned with retaining office. What's more, abolishing the income tax would severely curtail their power. Therefore, although the political situation has never before been as favorable for reform as it is now, our friends in Washington will not move if not pushed. Advocating income tax repeal is not about being Republican or Democrat, Liberal or Conservative. It's about believing in individual liberty, personal autonomy, justice, fairness, and empowerment. It's humanitarian. As more Americans are educated about the benefits of converting to a national sales tax, momentum grows for the proposal. Once that momentum hits critical mass, the politicians will feel the quaking of the ground beneath their feet, the rumbling caused by the energy of grassroots. Join the rumble today! https://secure.fairtax.org/order/paycheck.html There are many ways for citizen-activists to seize the moment. Of course, urging Washington Representatives to support legislation such as last session's Linder-Peterson Bill is an easy first step. Attending representatives "town meetings" and other community meetings and working in "plugs" for a national sales tax at every turn is another. To email your congressman in support of the FairTax, click: http://congress.nw.dc.us/fairtax/ We must educate our fellow citizens about the injustice of the unfair income tax and how to replace it with a consumption tax. This means sending information to email lists; speaking on the topic at church and civic group meetings; writing letters to the editors of newspapers and magazines; calling in on talk-radio shows. It falls to each of us to find our own best way to help the cause and one thing is certain: the window of opportunity will not remain open indefinitely. The Latin expression says it best: carpe diem ~ and in English? - Seize the day! Jeffrey A. Singer, MD is a surgeon and political activist in Phoenix, Arizona. He was Treasurer of "The Taxpayer Protection Alliance," is on the board of directors of CATS-Arizona, and is an active member of Americans for Fair Taxation. Your help is urgently needed today. Tax season is approaching and Americans for Fair Taxation is being flooded with requests for more information. The time is ripe for reform and we must act quickly. Help us respond to these requests today while the time is ripe! Please click: https://secure.fairtax.org/order/paycheck.html ------------------------------------------------------------ If you would like to remove yourself from this list, please click: http://um5.unitymail.net/U/A4.4.21889 and you will be removed immediately! Thank you!