Before I begin, I want to make a couple of points:
1. I am a stone-cold liberal in the vein of Johnson, Kennedy, Roosevelt, etc.
2. I absolutely support the "FairTax"
3. I'm not going to debate the merits of the "FairTax" in this review.
I figured, hey, why debate the topic when there is a perfectly good book out there which does it so nicely. To the guys who cut/copy/paste other people's reviews, get a life, or at least an opinion of your own. To the folks who use terms like `Price Elasticity' and `Economic Drivers' without understanding them, buy an economics book.
That said, and having read 2 of the top 5 books on Amazon.com recently, I have to say I enjoyed `Harry Potter' a lot more, but the one I'm going to tell you to buy is `The Fair Tax Book'. Why?
First off, buying the book constitutes `voting with your dollars' which is the best kind of vote and the one most likely to be listened to by our representatives in Washington.
Additionally, Boortz and Linder do an absolutely awesome job of communicating what is in all honesty an absurdly dry topic, in a fun and interesting way. Regardless of whether you support the "FairTax", oppose it, or simply look at that thirty-some-odd percent deduction from every paycheck and scratch your head wondering if there is a better way, this book will open up the debate and give you something to think about.
So absolutely, buy the book, educate yourself, and show Congress and the President that while a significant percentage of High school graduates don't know who the Vice President is, there are an equally significant percentage of the people who are very concerned about our present tax system and are demanding reform.
All of that said, there are a couple of issues I have with the text. In many places it read a little too much like propaganda, I'm sure this is for entertainment value, or simply to ease "lazy thinkers" into the subject, but Boortz you should know from your experience, that at best it turns off an intelligent reader, and at worst it gives folks already looking for a way to poke holes some straws to grasp at.
Secondly, I would have been interested to hear about some deeper economic projections on the ramifications of the "FairTax" (which remains in quotes because while I agree that the proposed national retail sales tax is probably the "fairest" tax proposal on the table, it is also still sounds a bit too much like spin). My concern with the economic projections is that if everything works out the way that the book suggests (which it likely will), there will likely be increasing inflationary pressures (all that money in people's hands, all those new jobs, prices about the same), that will certainly comeback and bite us. Now too much money in folks hands causing inflation is a pretty darn good problem to have, but one I'd like addressed.
Conclusion: good book, well written, and a fascinating view into a stone-boring subject matter that we should all be concerned about.
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It's so amazing you'll write your Congressmen the instant you put this book down!
I have to admit the idea of reading a book on tax reform probably wouldn't have appealed to me a few months ago. But after hearing Neal Boortz talk about the FairTax idea on his radio show, I couldn't help but get excited. After reading this book, I'm thrilled! Boortz and Linder have successfully taken a potentially confusing idea and boiled it down to its simplest components which anyone with half a brain can understand if they take the time to carefully read the book and consider what it has to say.This book takes the time to walk you through the history of our current hideous income tax system so that by the time you get to the chapters introducing the FairTax, you're ravenous for what it has to offer: Taking home your entire paycheck every month...financial privacy from the federal government...virtually no change in the price of goods and services from what they are today...tax-free investments...growing the economy at record rates... You'll put down this book (give it to a friend or family member) and immediately grab a piece of paper to write your Congressmen!
