Chairman's Report

Chairman's Report

Weekly update on issues pertaining to the passage of the FAIRtax, HR 25. Exploring a new topic every week.

Episodes

Goodbye Mississippi Income Tax

May 2, 2025 • 9 mins
This week's Chairman's Report is guest written by Bob Paxton. In it, he looks at the recent legislation aimed at getting rid of the state income tax in Mississippi. While that sounds like a good thing, all is not as it seems.
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Be Smart Pay Zero Taxes

April 25, 2025 • 9 mins
This week's Chairman's Report is guest written by CPA Jade Walle. Jade reviews a rather unconventional book on financial planning and observes that none of the author's recommendations would be needed if the FAIRtax was the law of the land.
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Tennessee Resolution HJR 17

April 18, 2025 • 7 mins
This week's Chairman's Report is written by Tony Urbanek. Tony is a Tennessee resident and a member of the AFFT Board of Directors. He proudly reports that Tennessee has passed Resolution HJR 17 urging the President and Congress to pass HR 25, the FAIRtax.
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The FAIRtax - Finally, Modernization

April 11, 2025 • 9 mins
This week's Chairman's Report is written by Jade Walle, a practicing CPA and one time member of the AFFT Board of Directors. He notes that the IRS modernization project is in year 35 of a five-year plan--and it's still five years away. Fortunately, there's a solution to modernizing America's tax system. Pass the FAIRtax.
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Mandatory Taxation is Fractional Slavery

April 8, 2025 • 13 mins
This week's Chairman's Report is guest written by Dr. David Kendall, a professor of economics and finance at the University of Virginia's College at Wise. In it, Professor Kendall makes a compelling case against the income tax from a moral point of view.
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The FAIRtax - Seniors Love It

March 28, 2025 • 10 mins
This week's Chairman's Report is guest written by Jade Walle. In it, he explores how senior citizens will fare under the FAIRtax as compared to the current income tax. Spoiler alert--the FAIRtax wins.
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Professor Glenn Reynolds and Abolishing the Income Tax

March 21, 2025 • 9 mins
American taxpayers know that there are significant costs associated with the income tax above and beyond one's tax liability. In this week's Chairman's Report, AFFT president Steve Hayes shares an article written by Professor Glenn Harlan Reynolds that details just how expensive the income tax system really is.
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The FAIRtax - The Ultimate Green Bill

March 14, 2025 • 9 mins
Over the years, the federal government has spent billions of dollars on environmental causes. Like the Solyndra debacle, most of those dollars have been wasted. In this week's Chairman's Report, guest author Jade Walle shows us a better way--the FAIRtax.
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Was Your Tax Return Leaked?

March 7, 2025 • 8 mins
Remember Charles Littlejohn? He's the IRS contractor who stole and leaked confidential income tax data. It turns out that the leak involved a lot more people than originally thought. Want to stop something like that from ever happening again. There's only one way. Replace the income tax with the FAIRtax.
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The FAIRtax Will Help Balance the Federal Budget

February 28, 2025 • 9 mins
DOGE is finding billions of dollars of government waste, but for people to fully support cutting it, they must be able to see how cutting waste directly benefits them. This week, AFFT president Steve Hayes shows how the FAIRtax will help people see a direct benefit from cutting government waste and in the process, help balance the federal budget.
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How Could This Happen?

February 21, 2025 • 9 mins
In just a few short weeks the Department of Government Efficiency has uncovered billions of dollars of government waste. This has left thousands of people wondering how such a thing could happen. Charley Reese, a columnist with the Orlando Sentinel published the answer in 1995. This week, AFFT president Steve Hayes shares that column.
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The FAIRtax Democracy vs Bureaucracy

February 14, 2025 • 10 mins
Democracy and bureaucracy are two entirely different things with regard to our government. In this week's Chairman's Report, guest author Jade Walle takes a look at which side the income tax and the FAIRtax fall on.
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The Berlin Wall and the Income Tax

February 7, 2025 • 7 mins
Government elites in countries all around the world have used various methods of controlling their populations, but their goal has always been the same--to protect their own positions of power. In this week's Chairman's Report, AFFT president Steve Hayes draws a striking comparison between the German elites who used the Berlin Wall to control their population and the DC elites who do the same to American citizens using the income t...
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A Tax for Trump and America

January 31, 2025 • 8 mins
This week's Chairman's Report presents an article authored by Roger Buchholtz. Roger is a successful businessman and ardent FAIRtax advocate.
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A Bridge Too Far?

January 24, 2025 • 10 mins
Is asking Congress to pass the FAIRtax a bridge too far? Not necessarily. See why in this week's Chairman's Report guest written by economics professor Dr. David Kendall.
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Federalist 21, President Trump and Eliminating the Income Tax

January 17, 2025 • 7 mins
Alexander Hamilton published Federalist Paper 21 in December of 1787. This week, AFFT president Steve Hayes looks at the parts of that paper that are still relevant to what taxation should look like today.
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The Cost of Federal Regulations - Especially the Income Tax

January 10, 2025 • 7 mins
Most people don't think about it, but the cost of complying with the myriad of federal regulations that touch just about every aspect of our lives is staggering. AFFT president Steve Hayes looks at some of them in this week's Chairman's Report.
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2025 - The Year the Income Tax and the IRS are Abolished?

December 20, 2024 • 6 mins
President Trump has indicated that he is serious about shaking up the Washington establishment that has ruled for as long as any of us can remember. His second term is going to be anything but business as usual in the nation's capital. This gives us the best opportunity we've ever had to abolish the income tax that the establishment has used as a cash cow for decades. Now is the time to mobilize and let your representatives know th...
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Will People Support Getting Rid of the Income Tax?

December 13, 2024 • 7 mins
Will the American people support abolishing the income tax and the IRS even when the tax agency isn't causing them an immediate problem? AFFT president Steve Hayes thinks they will and offers proof in this week's Chairman's Report.
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The FAIRtax vs. Our Growing National Debt

December 6, 2024 • 9 mins
The FAIRtax deals exclusively with collecting revenue, not government spending. Still, AFFT vice president Randy Fischer shows how enacting the FAIRtax would encourage a reduction in federal spending and help bring our burgeoning national debt under control.
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