Who supports the FairTax national retail sales tax?
The current tax system blights the American economy, and the debate concerning replacement systems such as a national retail sales tax will continue until the problem of income and Social Security taxes is resolved. Whether the national retail sales tax is the right plan is part of a national debate that will take leadership from the top, and President Bush has just recently thrown down the gauntlet to begin that public debate. One way of gauging political interest is to look at the membership of the organizations that support a national retail sales tax. Americans For Fair Taxation (FairTax.org) a nonpartisan organization dedicated solely to replacing the income tax with a national retail sales tax is now the nations largest taxpayer organization with more than 600,000 members. Also endorsing the FairTax is the National Taxpayers Union with 350,000 members. The American Farm Bureau Federation with 5.5 million members includes the FairTax in its policy book. And the list goes on. What
