A Tweet from Bill Smith from ARRA came across – the Georgia Republican Party has officially endorsed the FairTax! The resolution is as follows (emphasis mine):
The best news of all came during the resolutions portion of the program. Under the "Government Reform" resolution, we finally were able to put the Fair Tax as the answer to fundamental tax reform. A copy of the resolution is as follows:
Government Reform
WHEREAS the purpose of civil government is to preserve the fundamental rights of its citizens, not to control the private marketplace; and
WHEREAS in founding our Republic, the states gave the federal government only those limited powers that are specified in the US Constitution;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED the Georgia Republican Party affirms its opposition to the taxpayer funded bailout of US businesses, the unprecedented level of federal deficit spending, and the federal government’s unconstitutional assault on state sovereignty.
LET IT BE FURTHER RESOLVED the Georgia Republican Party opposes government involvement in the private marketplace that is not specifically provided for in the US Constitution and supports full Congressional oversight of the Federal Reserve including passage of HR-1207, the Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2009.
LET IT BE FURTHER RESOLVED the Georgia Republican Party affirms that the United States of America is a constitutional Republic and that the 10th Amendment to the US Constitution clearly affirms that all powers not expressly given to the federal government in the US Constitution are reserved for the states or the people. We hereby affirm Georgia’s state sovereignty and commit ourselves to principles that maximize the freedom and liberty of all Georgians.
LET IT BE FURTHER RESOLVED the Georgia Republican Party supports fundamental tax reform by the federal government that will maximize personal freedom and allow the engine of America’s private marketplace to thrive. We further believe that the most favorable opportunity to achieve these goals is to repeal the 16th Amendment to the US Constitution and enact the Fair Tax, HR-25/S-296.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution be forwarded to the President of the United States, the Speaker of the US House of Representatives, the President of the US Senate, the Governor of Georgia, each member of Georgia’s congressional delegation, and each member of the Georgia General Assembly.
My take on this is that the FairTax would remove the worst weapon from the hands of ANY politician – the tax code and the threat of an IRS audit (which Obama jokingly threatened the ASU staff with last week – if he were an IRS employee, he would have been fired). The tax code has been the whipsaw for years – the Stick of the Nanny State.
At this time of this Republic, yanking the tax code away from the Dems may just well be what we need. While it may not be everyone’s cup of tea, it will return taxes to a way to fund government rather than as the behavior modification tool as now implemented
And I’m all for that. Would the Republican Party here in NH be as bold?
