or
Sign in to turn on 1-Click ordering.
 
 
Express Checkout with PayPhrase
What's this? | Create PayPhrase
More Buying Choices
206 used & new from $1.09
Have one to sell? Sell yours here
 
   
The FairTax Book
 
 
See all product images
See all 4 customer images
Share your own customer images
Search inside this book

The FairTax Book (Hardcover)

~ (Author), (Author) "No . . . you haven't bought a history book..." (more)
Key Phrases: embedded taxes, national retail sales tax, tax compliance costs, Social Security, United States, Tax Foundation (more...)
3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1,568 customer reviews)
List Price: $24.95
Price: $18.96 & eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over $25. Details
You Save: $5.99 (24%)
o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o
In Stock.
Ships from and sold by Amazon.com. Gift-wrap available.

Only 5 left in stock--order soon (more on the way).

66 new from $3.08 128 used from $1.09 12 collectible from $17.99

Formats

Amazon Price New from Used from
  Kindle Edition, August 30, 2005 $9.59 -- --
  Hardcover, August 1, 2005 $18.96 $3.08 $1.09
  Paperback, April 30, 2006 $10.76 $5.00 $3.48
  Audio, Download Offsite Link $15.73 or less with new Audible membership

Frequently Bought Together

The FairTax Book + FairTax: The Truth: Answering the Critics + Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto
Price For All Three: $42.46

Show availability and shipping details

  • This item: The FairTax Book by John Linder

    In Stock.
    Ships from and sold by Amazon.com.
    Eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over $25. Details

  • FairTax: The Truth: Answering the Critics by John Linder

    In Stock.
    Ships from and sold by Amazon.com.
    Eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over $25. Details

  • Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto by Mark R. Levin

    In Stock.
    Ships from and sold by Amazon.com.
    Eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over $25. Details

Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought

Somebody's Gotta Say It

Somebody's Gotta Say It

by Neal Boortz
4.4 out of 5 stars (137)  $11.66
The Terrible Truth About Liberals

The Terrible Truth About Liberals

by Neal Boortz
3.9 out of 5 stars (118)  $9.56
Fair Tax: A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing

Fair Tax: A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing

by Nelson Warwick
1.3 out of 5 stars (55)  $13.49
America's Best Kept Secret: Fairtax: Give Yourself a 25% Raise

America's Best Kept Secret: Fairtax: Give Yourself a 25% Raise

by Al Ose
4.4 out of 5 stars (17)  $24.95
THE FAIRTAX FANTASY

THE FAIRTAX FANTASY

by Hugh Hewitt
2.7 out of 5 stars (11)  $10.79
› Explore similar items

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Wouldn't you love to abolish the IRS . . . Keep all the money in your paycheck . . . Pay taxes on what you spend, not what you earn . . . And eliminate all the fraud, hassle, and waste of our current system?

Then the FairTax is for you. In the face of the outlandish American tax burden, talk-radio firebrand Neal Boortz and Congressman John Linder are leading the charge to phase out our current, unfair system and enact the FairTax Plan -- replacing the federal income tax and withholding system with a simple 23 percent retail sales tax. This dramatic revision of the current system, which would eliminate the reviled IRS, has already caught fire in the American heartland, with more than 600,000 taxpayers signing on in support of the plan.

As Boortz and Linder reveal in this first book on the FairTax, this radical but eminently sensible plan would end the annual national nightmare of filing income tax returns, while at the same time enlarging the federal tax base by collecting sales tax from every retail consumer in the country. The FairTax, they argue, would transform the fearsome bureaucracy of the IRS into a more transparent, accountable -- and equitable -- tax collection system. Endorsed by scores of leading economists -- and supported by a huge and growing grassroots movement -- the Fair Tax Plan could revolutionize the way America pays for itself.



About the Author

The host of radio's The Neal Boortz Show, syndicated in nearly two hundred national markets, Neal Boortz is the author (with Congressman John Linder) of the New York Times bestsellers The FairTax Book and FairTax: The Truth, and author of The Terrible Truth About Liberals. He has been nominated twice for the National Association of Broadcasters' Marconi Award and divides his time between Atlanta, Georgia, and Naples, Florida.

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 208 pages
  • Publisher: William Morrow; 1st Edition/1st Printing edition (August 2, 2005)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0060875410
  • ISBN-13: 978-0060875411
  • Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.8 x 0.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1,568 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #22,705 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

    Popular in these categories: (What's this?)

    #7 in  Books > Business & Investing > Personal Finance > Personal Taxes
    #16 in  Books > Professional & Technical > Law > Taxation
    #19 in  Books > Nonfiction > Law > Taxation

    •  Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?

More About the Authors

Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.
John Linder
John Linder
Neal Boortz
Neal Boortz

Front Cover | Front Flap | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Search Inside This Book:
Inside This Book (learn more)
First Sentence:
No . . . you haven't bought a history book. Read the first page
Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
embedded taxes, national retail sales tax, tax compliance costs, current tax code
Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Social Security, United States, Tax Foundation, Ruml Plan, Sixteenth Amendment, Alex Council, Donald Duck, Internal Revenue Service, Milton Friedman, World War
New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats
Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Front Flap | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Search Inside This Book:
Citations (learn more)
This book cites 6 books:
See all 6 books this book cites

Books on Related Topics (learn more)
 
 

What Do Customers Ultimately Buy After Viewing This Item?

The FairTax Book
90% buy the item featured on this page:
The FairTax Book 3.1 out of 5 stars (1,568)
$18.96
FairTax: The Truth: Answering the Critics
7% buy
FairTax: The Truth: Answering the Critics 4.5 out of 5 stars (149)
$9.03
Somebody's Gotta Say It
1% buy
Somebody's Gotta Say It 4.4 out of 5 stars (137)
$11.66
Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto
1% buy
Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto 4.7 out of 5 stars (2,067)
$14.47
Explore similar items

Tags Customers Associate with This Product

 (What's this?)
Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
 
(14)
(11)
(13)
(11)
(5)
(5)
(3)
(3)
(2)
(1)
Agree with these tags?
See all 24 tags...

Your tags: Add your first tag
 
See most popular tags
 

Customer Reviews

1,568 Reviews
5 star:
 (778)
4 star:
 (58)
3 star:
 (28)
2 star:
 (21)
1 star:
 (683)
 
 
 
 
 
Average Customer Review
3.1 out of 5 stars (1,568 customer reviews)
 
 
 
 
Share your thoughts with other customers:
Most Helpful Customer Reviews

 
89 of 93 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Response to previously listed objections, August 3, 2005
The eight objections listed in a review by Edgar C Sparks can be easily shot down, one at a time, and with very little difficulty (logical thinking and comprehension of sarcasm is required to understand any of the following:)

1. Opens us up to electronic money and total tracking of our monetary positions.

What exactly is "electronic money"? Is "electronic money" worth the same as paper money? If it is, than I don't really give a damn. Oh, and you don't what the government tracking monetary positions (nor do I). So I guess you'd rather just keep on filling out those income tax returns, thereby helping the government do just that. Under the fair tax there is no reporting of income, accumulated wealth or assets, so what exactly are you talking about?

2. Puts us all, everyone, on the Welfare roles.

Ok, I assume you are speaking of the refund on taxes paid for the basic necessities of life. Do you express feelings of dissatification and complain bitterly everytime you receive an income tax refund? I guess now it is "welfare" for the government you give us back some of our own money. This is, by the way, a much simpler way of relieving the tax burden on basic necessities, for those who can afford it or not (thereby making it fair), than exempting specific items making way for corruption of the tax code by special interest groups (which is what we have now). So the next time the federal government sends you a "welfare check" after you pay too much income tax, go ahead and send it back.

3. Quotes the wrong tax rate. It is 30%, not 23% of purchases.

Do you quote your income taxes using the same formula? If so then someone in a 15% tax braket is actually paying 20%. I know you people like to quote certain taxes inclusively and others exclusively to suit your own purposes, but in the interests of fairness we should use the same formula. The inclusive rate is always less than if quoted exclusively. And how conveniently you forget about the imbedded taxes you are already paying. Man, I just realized I'm paying 8.2% FICA tax. Blast!

4. Opens us up to a Sales Tax ID so that the rich can be taxed more than the poor.

This goes against the entire plan. It would require a change in the law to mandate the retailer to charge certain people more or less tax at the checkout based on this "Sales Tax ID". And as we all know the rich are not taxed at any higher of a rate under our current system, right? So we replace FINs with SIDs (whoops, already taken), may we throw our representatives to the fire if THAT ever comes to pass (nevertheless it would be no worse than what we have now.)

5. The tax rate can be easily raised at any time by the Congress.

And the income tax can't be? Oh, it can, but it's just hidden amoungst tens of thousands of pages of tax code, and certain provisions only affect certain people, and since tax laws change every year no one notices anyway. But if the whole rate for everyone in the nation moves, people will notice, and there had better be a damn good reason for it.

6. There is no way to limit the maximum tax rate. The tax rate can be increased to 100% and the Welfare rate increased so that all people receive the same income.

And if the rate is 100% how can this lead to an redistributed equal income? Yes this could happen if the INCOME tax rate was 100%, but so the hell what if the SALES tax is 100%. Money not spent at the retail level would not be taxed. Such a tax would destroy retail sales, and create an immense underground black market. An politicians would be extremely hard pressed to give everyone an equal income when revenue plummets. (By the way, who would work if you received the same income no matter what you did?) You do understand the difference between an INCOME TAX and a SALES TAX, don't you? It appears not.


7. It is nothing more than a way-stop on the way to a totally Communistic society.

No, actually the exact opposite. Not adopting this and keeping the income tax is what is doing exactly what you fear. If fact your concerns from objection #6 are valid but completely misplaced. If you are truly concerned about objections #6 & 7, then you should be demanding the Congress institute this tax reform. This is a voluntary tax, as opposed to the money just being seized without a conscious choice by you. That is far from Communist.

8. It will lead to wage confiscation.

Did you even READ the book? What a truly asinine statement. The fair tax has nothing whatsoever to do with wages & income. It replaces all income, estate, Social Security and Medicare taxes. You keep 100% of your paycheck (aside from any State taxes), and this is "wage confiscation". What in the blue f#$% have you been smoking? Wage confiscation is what we have right now, sir. Wake up! You've listed three objection to the fair tax, that are far more applicable to the income tax.

As put by many here, "If you don't like it you clearly don't understand it". But more accurately, if you don't like it, you are either willfully ignorant, or incredibly stupid.
Comment Comments (7) | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)



 
768 of 856 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Beware of false reviews, August 2, 2005
By JD (Atlanta, GA) - See all my reviews
It is obvious that Wealthy American and Rational Georgian did not actually read this book before the entered their review.

After reading this book, I am amazed at how simple the idea really is. Do away with payroll taxes and the price of the item you are buying will drop. The idea of embedded taxes that we are paying under the current system never even came to mind before. I, as the end user, have to pay the payroll tax cost of every vender that touches that item. That cost is a pretty significant part of the total cost of the product. Harvard studies are showing 21% and higher depending on the item.

On top of getting rid of the embedded tax, I end up getting more in my paycheck and I get a pre-bate for the cost of living. Where is the negative? I started to some research on line to find out and have yet to find any real negative. I found plenty of false propaganda from those that have not fully reviewed the plan, but no substantiated negative.

The book itself is well written and easy to understand. My hats off to both John Linder and Neal Boortz to taking a pretty complex subject and making it so easy to understand.

I would recommend this book to anyone that is interested in the tax code and ideas on how we can change it.


Comment Comments (22) | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)



 
68 of 73 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Step 1: Read Book. Step 2: Review Book, August 3, 2005
It is truly amazing how people critize this book without having any knowledge of the subject. They see the words "Neal Boortz", "Fair Tax" and immediately assume that this is some soak-the-poor, evil rich manipulation scheme.

READ THE BOOK FIRST! Every argument raised by critics on this site has been addressed, some from many different angles. One concept which MUST be understood and is clearly explained in the book: embedded taxes. For the critic "BushHater" (what a surprise), the concept if embedded taxes and how it affects the price of products is completely lost.

Maybe this example will help you, BushHater...let's say you grow peaches. A new President is elected who hates peaches and convinces congress to pass a 20% tax on all income derived from the production and sale of peaches. What do you think you would do, BH? Would you just say, "Thanks, government! Please take more of my money!" No...you would RAISE THE PRICE OF PEACHES to help cover the new tax burden with which you were saddled. You would also pay a tax advisor to find a way around paying that 20% increase in taxes -- more money out of your pocket. Do you get it yet? That is happening RIGHT NOW -- to the tune of 22% of what you purchase. Take away the income tax and that 22% is NOT NEEDED. And if you think the evil corporations will just pocket that extra money you know nothing about capitalism and competitive markets. Add back in the 23% sales tax and it is a wash. Oh, except that YOU get to keep ALL of your check, you get a monthly prebate check to cover the sales tax on essential products, you are not taxed on what you save, you do not pay SS or medicare taxes, etc.

It is a perfect system? No, there is no perfect tax system. But it is the best out there, it is VERY fair, and is sure beats the current system. Read the book. Understand the concept. See how concerns are addressed. Then, and only then, can you honestly review the topic.
Comment Comments (7) | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)


Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
 
 
 
Most Recent Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars The ONLY way to save the American economy.
And yes, I'm not kidding about the title of the review, either.

When I read this book in the summer of 2008, it made me realize this: what a revolutionary, common... Read more
Published 7 days ago by R. Chuang

5.0 out of 5 stars Read and send to your Congressman
Excellent alternative to the income tax and all other alternatives out there, e.g., a flat (income) tax, a national sales tax, value-added tax, etc. Read more
Published 19 days ago by Jamie Beu

4.0 out of 5 stars Very Pleased
Book arrived very quickly. It was in good condition. Only a few minor spots or stains on the cover. Otherwise, the pages or cover were not worn or bent. Read more
Published 24 days ago by Emma

5.0 out of 5 stars One possible answer to America's problems
I don't usually read non-fiction books, in fact this was my first one without someone making me do it. Read more
Published 28 days ago by S. Chong

5.0 out of 5 stars Hope for the hopeless American
Our congress and governmental leaders are the best officials money can buy. But, now even foreign governments pay off our corrupt officials for gain. Who is representing US? Read more
Published 2 months ago by John H. Bjornsen

5.0 out of 5 stars Spread This Wealth!
The Fair Tax is essential to saving our economy, creating jobs, and freeing Americans from big government! Read more
Published 2 months ago by C. Jesse Duke

4.0 out of 5 stars review of book- The Fair Tax
great book and very informative. I just hope that the system is implemented soon. Every taxpayer should read this book.
Published 2 months ago by Michael T. Leach

5.0 out of 5 stars Fair, Simple Free... the American way
It's fair because we're all treated the same and fancy tax Lawyers can't cheat this simple system. Since we all get a rebate check the poor don't get hosed either... Read more
Published 3 months ago by The Lou

5.0 out of 5 stars dont let the detractors fool you...
If you're like me, you look at the good and the bad reviews of the book to get a broad view of the content. Read more
Published 4 months ago by J. M. Francis Jr.

5.0 out of 5 stars I'm sick of the I.R.S.
The Fair Tax Book by Neal Boortz & CONGRESSMAN John Linder was the best most exciting book I think I have ever read. This is a must read for any American who is sick of the I.R. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Robert Carmichael

Only search this product's reviews


Customer Discussions

This product's forum
Discussion Replies Latest Post
Ridiculous! 11 March 2009
Which book should I read? 2 January 2008
What if you've saved a lot of money? 7 January 2008
Externaltity Taxes 0 January 2008
DELETE THE MULTIPLE REVIEWS! 3 October 2007
Delete the unrelated negative reviews 1 October 2007
› See all 10 discussions...  
Start a new discussion
Topic:
First post:
Prompts for sign-in
 


Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
   

Product Information from the Amapedia Community

Beta (What's this?)

Help us improve this fledgling article by editing it on Amapedia.com opens new browser window


Look for Similar Items by Category

Look for Similar Items by Subject

Search Books by subject:
















i.e., each book must be in subject 1 AND subject 2 AND ...
 

Feedback

If you need help or have a question for Customer Service, contact us.
 Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
Is there any other feedback you would like to provide?

Your comments can help make our site better for everyone.


Your Recent History

 (What's this?)

After viewing product detail pages or search results, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in.