My Letter to Congress: H.R.25 Fair Tax Act of 2009

I am writing as your constituent in the 9th Congressional district of Indiana. I support H.R.25 - Fair Tax Act of 2009, and am tracking it using OpenCongress.org, the free public resource website for government transparency and accountability.

Here's a summary from OpenCongress.org:

Resurfacing for the 6th consecutive congressional session, this bill strives to repeal the income tax, employment tax, and estate and gift tax, and to replace them with a national sales tax at a rate of 23%. It sets forth provisions for the states’ collection of sales tax revenues and the Treasury’s handling of the remittances of such revenues while setting up two new tax bureaus in the Department of Treasury in the place of the IRS.

specifically, this section of the legislation: "‘(1) FOR 2011- In the calendar year 2011, the rate of tax is 23 percent of the gross payments for the taxable property or service.",

specifically, this section of the legislation: "‘(2) To tax all consumption of goods and services in the United States once, without exception, but only once.",

specifically, this section of the legislation: "(3) will promote fairness;",

specifically, this section of the legislation: "To promote freedom, fairness, and economic opportunity by repealing the income tax and other taxes, abolishing the Internal Revenue Service, and enacting a national sales tax to be administered primarily by the States.",

"The Tax Code in America has become such a twisted mess that it is more farce than force. Loopholes, tax credits, number of fingers on your right hand, whatever. It's thousands of pages only succeed in making a simple concept confusing. We need this bill to bring some real common sense to our tax policy in America. Please do what you can to support this bill."

Sincerely,
Stanley Richardson