The People Must Demand the Fair Tax By Doug Patton

Last year, during the United States Senate race in Nebraska, Republican challenger Pete Ricketts suggested that every option must be considered when looking at ways to reform our federal tax system. Among the list of alternatives Ricketts said should be on the table was a national sales tax known simply as the “Fair Tax.” 

The Democrat incumbent, U.S. Sen. Ben Nelson, launched an attack on his opponent that was, at best, distorted and condescending, and at worst, irrational demagoguery.  One would have thought that Ricketts had suggested stealing all the assets of the poor and handing them over to Warren Buffet and Bill Gates.

Recently, the panel of pundits on ABC’s “This Week with George Stephanopoulos,” discussing the apparent rise in popularity of former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee’s presidential campaign message, scoffed at Huckabee’s unabashed promotion of the Fair Tax.

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