The Indiana Fair Tax was pretty pleased today to announce the addition of Congressman Mark Souder to list of Hoosier Congressman already supporting H.R. 25, also known as The Fair Tax.  Congressman Souder joins Congressmen Dan Burton and Mike Pence as supporters.

Congressman Souder praised the consistent and persistent efforts of grassroots volunteers and voters who ensured that their support for The FairTax was noticed.

Dan Higgins, State Director of FairTax Indiana, said “The current state of the economy and the need to ensure American competitiveness in the World is causing many to re-examine and embrace The FairTax as the best and most fair reform plan before Congress.”

While it’s a long shot to pass in the Democrat controlled House and Senate (seriously, when have the Democrats ever sought to bring fairness to the tax code…unless by fairness you mean redistributing wealth) the Fair Tax movement has been gaining steam.

Here’s hoping that the Fair Tax gains enough momentum even during this Congress to gain serious attention in the following congress when, hopefully, Republicans are in control.

Read the full press release after the leap.

GRASSROOTS FAIRTAX SUPPORTERS WELCOME ADDITION OF REP. MARK SOUDER (R – 3rd) AS A CO-SPONSOR

FT. WAYNE, IN – Grassroots activists and supporters from Indiana of the bi-partisan tax reform legislation known as “The FairTax” (H.R. 25) applaud the addition of Congressman Mark Souder of Indiana’s 3rd Congressional District as a co-sponsor.

Representative Souder joins Representatives Mike Pence (R – 6th) and Dan Burton (R – 5th) as co-sponsors of critically needed legislation to restructure the United States tax code from one based on productivity to one based on consumption that will completely un-tax the poor and improve America’s competitiveness in a World economy.

Congressman Souder praised the consistent and persistent efforts of grassroots volunteers and voters who ensured that their support for The FairTax was noticed.

Dan Higgins, State Director of FairTax Indiana, said “The current state of the economy and the need to ensure American competitiveness in the World is causing many to re-examine and embrace The FairTax as the best and most fair reform plan before Congress.”

ABOUT THE FAIRTAX

The FairTax plan is a comprehensive proposal that replaces all federal income and payroll based taxes with an integrated approach including a progressive national retail sales tax, a prebate to ensure no American pays federal taxes on spending up to the poverty level, dollar-for-dollar federal revenue neutrality, and, through companion legislation, the repeal of the 16th Amendment.

The FairTax Act (HR 25, S 296) is nonpartisan legislation. It abolishes all federal personal and corporate income taxes, gift, estate, capital gains, alternative minimum, Social Security, Medicare, and self-employment taxes and replaces them with one simple, visible, federal retail sales tax administered primarily by existing state sales tax authorities.

More information is available at http://www.fairtax.org/

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