Chairman's Report
Weekly update on issues pertaining to the passage of the FAIRtax, HR 25. Exploring a new topic every week.
Episodes
July 11, 2025 • 9 mins
This week's Chairman's Report is guest written by Rich Germaine. In it, Rich analyzes a recent poll on voter opinions about taxation and the current tax system. It's really good news for the FAIRtax.
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July 4, 2025 • 10 mins
The FAIRtax provides American taxpayers with two critical and interdependent aspects of liberty--freedom from and freedom to. Check it all out in this week's Chariman's Report.
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June 27, 2025 • 9 mins
With President Trump's Big, Beautiful Bill working its way through Congress, guest author Jade Walle shows how the FAIRtax is really much bigger and much more beautiful when it comes to meeting the three factors that economists agree are vital for promoting economic growth.
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June 20, 2025 • 8 mins
With no fanfare and very little public notice, the Biden administration gave the IRS some rather frightening powers that are still being used even though Joe Biden is no longer in the White House. Check it all out in this week's Chairman's Report.
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June 13, 2025 • 11 mins
This week, guest author Jade Walle points out that anyone who studies politics and knows what the two parties believe in and stand for would be shocked to learn that Democrats are not supporting the FAIRtax in droves. That's because the FAIRtax checks so many of the Democrat boxes.
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June 6, 2025 • 8 mins
Pope Leo XIV is the first American citizen to hold that office, but the IRS could be brewing up some trouble for him. That's because the United States is the only developed country in the world that taxes its citizens who live outside its boundaries. See what kind of traps the newly elected Pope could fall into in this week's Chairman's Report.
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May 30, 2025 • 8 mins
The old axiom says that we get less of what we tax. This week, guest author Jade Walle shows that that's not necessarily true when it comes to the effect the FAIRtax will have on the US economy.
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May 23, 2025 • 9 mins
Like the scorpion who stings the turtle in the famous fable, the IRS continues to do things that chip away at what little support they currently have with the American people. Case is point is how the IRS is now aggressively pursuing people who make money online.
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May 17, 2025 • 9 mins
Our nation is over $35 trillion in debt. It's clear that our politicians are addicted to spending more than they take in. In this week's Chairman's Report, guest writer Jade Walle explains how the FAIRtax would help rein in our government's runaway spending.
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May 9, 2025 • 8 mins
In addition to the actual taxes collected, the income/payroll tax system imposes an almost unimaginable additional burden on American taxpayers. This week, AFFT president Steve Hayes highlights a Tax Foundation study that shows how bad the current tax system really is.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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