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Chairman's Report — 352 episodes

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1

Our Predisposition to Evade Taxes

2

The Worst Kind of Taxes

3

How the FAIRtax Could Help Reduce Inflation

4

Why the FAIRtax is More Ethical Than the Income Tax

5

Let's Pit Americans Against Each Other (Part 2)

6

Let's Pit Americans Against Each Other (Part 1)

7

Excise Taxes in the United States

8

Why the FAIRtax Taxes Government Entities

9

Social Security Needs Money - Who Will Pay?

10

The FAIRtax Makes Buying a Home Easier

11

More Lipstick on a Pig

12

How a Tariff Fight Created the Income Tax

13

Missouri Looks at Replacing Its State Income Tax

14

Life Without the Federal Income Tax

15

The US Lost $2.2 Trillion to Tax Breaks

16

Social Media Influencers and What is a Business Deduction?

17

What Happens to Various Groups when the FAIRtax Passes?

18

The Income Tax - A Rigged System

19

The Council of Economic Advisors Supports Consumption Taxes

20

Internal, External and Effective Tax Rates Understanding the Difference

21

How Federal Taxes Inflate the Price of Everything You Buy

22

The VAT - How it Works and How Fraudsters Drain the System

23

The $2Trillion Mirage

24

How a Consumption Tax Differs from an Income Tax

25

Save Social Security and Reduce the National Debt

26

President Trump, Replace the Income Tax with the FAIRtax

27

An (Artificially) Intelligent Choice

28

What Happens When the US is the World's Tax Haven?

29

Happy Thanksgiving

30

Keeping Your Whole Paycheck

31

Would William of Occam Prefer the FAIRtax or the Income Tax?

32

Senator Cotton's OPT Fair Tax Act

33

More Lipstick on a Pig

34

The FAIRtax Will Not Make Prices Rise

35

No Tax on Tips - Simple Until Congress Got Involved

36

The FAIRtax and America's Youth

37

The IRS Is the Least Liked Federal Agency

38

The Cost of the Federal Income Tax System

39

No, Economics Is Not Too Complicated for Us

40

The FAIRtax Experiment, Have No Fear

41

The FAIRtax and Rental Property Ownership

42

Celebrating the Contributions of Workers

43

Misrepresenting Adam Smith

44

The FAIRtax and Really Small Business

45

Which Is Better for Business?

46

Enjoy Your Benefits Until They Expire

47

The FAIRtax and Border Security

48

The FAIRtax and Reconciliation

49

Some Hidden Gems and a Bright Future

50

The FAIRtax and Freedom on This Independence Day

51

The FAIRtax It's Big and It's Beautiful

52

It's Time to End the IRS's License to Hunt

53

Checking All the Democrat Boxes

54

When Will the IRS Audit the Pope?

55

The FAIRtax and the Spending Equilibrium

56

The Scorpion and the Turtle

57

Government Spending and the FAIRtax

58

Tax Compliance Costs Us Over $546 Billion Annually

59

Goodbye Mississippi Income Tax

60

Be Smart Pay Zero Taxes

61

Tennessee Resolution HJR 17

62

The FAIRtax - Finally, Modernization

63

Mandatory Taxation is Fractional Slavery

64

The FAIRtax - Seniors Love It

65

Professor Glenn Reynolds and Abolishing the Income Tax

66

The FAIRtax - The Ultimate Green Bill

67

Was Your Tax Return Leaked?

68

The FAIRtax Will Help Balance the Federal Budget

69

How Could This Happen?

70

The FAIRtax Democracy vs Bureaucracy

71

The Berlin Wall and the Income Tax

72

A Tax for Trump and America

73

A Bridge Too Far?

74

Federalist 21, President Trump and Eliminating the Income Tax

75

The Cost of Federal Regulations - Especially the Income Tax

76

2025 - The Year the Income Tax and the IRS are Abolished?

77

Will People Support Getting Rid of the Income Tax?

78

The FAIRtax vs. Our Growing National Debt

79

Trump Wants to Abolish the Income Tax

80

Know Your Enemy and Know Yourself

81

President Trump Is Our Champion for the FAIRtax

82

Mark Cuban Knows Kamela Harris Better Than She Knows Herself

83

Some Truth About Who Pays Federal Taxes

84

Trump's Tax Plan Will Be Fine

85

Raising the Corporate Income Tax Makes No Sense

86

The Social Pressure Index

87

We Won't Tax This Income - How Do You Like Me Now?

88

The FAIRtax Will Force a Sane Immigration Policy

89

The Bipartisan Itch to Tax Behavior

90

Celebrating Workers

91

We Get Less of What We Tax

92

Senators Blast IRS Power Grab

93

The Emperor Has No Clothes

94

Senator Ernst Demands that the IRS Follow the Law

95

The Complexity of the Income Tax

96

The FAIRtax, not tariffs

97

Another state level FAIRtax?

98

The Moore Decision - Bad for Taxpayers Good for the FAIRtax

99

The FAIRtax and Freedom

100

Annihilation

101

Linder's Letter

102

Why Taxing Corporations is a Bad Idea

103

Commissioner Werfel Demands More Money

104

Presidential Campaigns and the FAIRtax

105

The FAIRtax and the National Debt

106

The IRS Is Using AI to Spy on You

107

National FAIRtax Day

108

Eight Things We Could Change About Tax Day

109

Why the FAIRtax Works

110

It's OK to Break the Law If the Elites Agree with the Lawbreaker

111

We Now Know the Real Reason

112

Hidden Taxes. Another Reason Why DC Loves the Income Tax

113

Mike Huckabee Continues to Promote the FAIRtax

114

A Great New Book

115

Your Tax Return May Be on Your Neighbor's Laptop

116

FAIRtax Q&A with John Linder

117

What Does Artificial Intelligence Think of the FAIRtax?

118

DC Doubletalk - Americans Don't Believe You

119

Secrets and Lies the DC Elites Tell Us about the Income Tax System

120

The Way to Sell Elimination of the State Income Tax

121

Morality and the FAIRtax

122

President Trump You Don't Need Tariffs - You Need the FAIRtax

123

Rudy Giuliani Takes Advantage of the Income Tax Code

124

Comparing the Value Added Tax and the FAIRtax

125

The FAIRtax - Show Me the Man

126

FAIRtax Testimony Before a Congressional Committee

127

Federal Budgeting After the FAIRtax - What a Difference!

128

School Vouchers Are Not Taxed Under the FAIRtax

129

The Reason Social Security and Medicare Are Going Broke

130

The FAIRtax.- The Best Protection for Your Confidential Data

131

Ensuring the Solvency of Social Security

132

How to Collect Taxes from the Super Wealthy

133

Tax Avoidance is Legal, Tax Evasion is Criminal

134

It's Time to End the Dirty Dozen

135

Meet Your New IRS Auditor

136

The Law Doesn't Apply to the Connected People

137

Unless the Supreme Court Stops Them, Congress Will Pick Our Pockets Even More

138

The Tax Code--A Tool for Social Engineering

139

The FAIRtax Deserves a Look

140

The IRS Free File System and its Real Goal

141

The Wrong Allocation of Resources

142

More Problems at the IRS

143

Responding to Inaccurate Reporting

144

Income Tax Laws Don't Apply to the DC Elites

145

Armed IRS Agents Raid a Gun Shop

146

The FAIRtax, the Federal Debt and Inflation

147

Thomas Jefferson Revisits America

148

IRS Agent Used Fake Name to Target Ohio Taxpayer

149

IRS Backdates Documents--A Felony

150

The Supreme Court Exposes More IRS Abusive Powers

151

No Money for Retirement? Enact the FAIRtax

152

Governor DeSantis Has Joined the Fight for Freedom from the IRS

153

We Need a Pro-Taxpayer Tax Code

154

The Insiders in DC Hate the FAIRtax

155

Rent Seeking

156

Strength Lies Not in Defense, but in Attack

157

Ten Reasons Why Democrats Should Support the FAIRtax

158

The DC Magicians

159

What Are Your Chances of Being Audited?

160

Another Economist Endorses the FAIRtax

161

It's Time to Slay the IRS

162

Will the Additional IRS Funding Lower the Tax Gap?

163

The FAIRtax vs. the Flat Tax

164

The FAIRtax Will Benefit All Americans

165

Tax Preparation Companies Busted!

166

The Income Tax is Unfair to Blacks

167

Is the FAIRtax Fair?

168

The FAIRtax is Back

169

The Lies and Untruths in Attacks on the FAIRtax

170

The IRS and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

171

Want to Save Social Security? Pass the FAIRtax

172

Another Unnecessary Burden

173

The FAIRtax and New Product Purchases

174

Senator Whitehouse Demonstrates Why the IRS Must Go

175

President Trump's Tax Returns - An Unnecessary Soap Opera

176

Math is (Apparently) Complex, the FAIRtax Is Not

177

The Transition to the FAIRtax

178

Voting When the FAIRtax Is Passed - A Major Change

179

The 90% and the FAIRtax

180

With the FAIRtax, Federal Incentive Credits Will Work Better

181

How Long Would It Take to Find an Honest Man in DC?

182

Why Has the FAIRtax Not Become Law?

183

The IRS - Agents of the Police State

184

The Insanity of DC Thinking

185

$80 Billion to the IRS - WHAT!

186

Labor Day

187

The FAIRtax vs. the Income Tax - Continuity vs. Chaos

188

The McCabe/Comey IRS Audits

189

The FAIRtax and Literacy

190

Really Save Social Security and Medicare - Pass the FAIRtax

191

The FAIRtax in a Recession

192

How Do You Spell Relief?

193

Congress Gives Their Staffs Double Digit Raises

194

A Fresh Black Eye for the IRS

195

Happy Fourth of July

196

Atlas Shrugged and the FAIRtax

197

The Supply Chain Crisis and the Income Tax

198

We Told You So

199

Stop the Hidden Payoffs

200

Cancel Culture and the FAIRtax

201

The Tax Foundation Is Advocating for Sales Taxes

202

Harris Poll on Taxation--Frustration and Distrust

203

The Billionaires Minimum Income Tax Proposal

204

The Economy, Inflation and the FAIRtax

205

A Theoretical Note on Tax Evasion

206

This Should Be the Last Tax Filing Deadline We Have to Endure

207

Is It OK for the Government to Have Access to Your Financial Life?

208

The Income Tax Is for Fools

209

War--How Would the FAIRtax Factor In?

210

Good News Tax Evaders, the IRS Can't Keep up with You

211

Millennials and Generation Z Should Demand the FAIRtax

212

Would the FAIRtax Have Made George's Job Any Easier in 1794?

213

Would Karl Marx Support the FAIRtax?

214

A President Tells Us Why We Must Continue

215

Face Time with the IRS

216

In Tax We Trust

217

How Would Our Past Leaders Feel About the Income Tax and the FAIRtax?

218

Evading Federal Taxes with the State's Help

219

The Income Tax, the FAIRtax and Illegal Income

220

Wake Up Tax Professionals - Put America First

221

How Would Businesses React to the FAIRtax?

222

The FAIRtax Message Is Being Heard - In the States

223

Budget Reconciliation and How it May Help Pass the FAIRtax

224

The FAIRtax - The Right Thing 17 Years Ago, The Right Thing Today

225

Crony Capitalism, Plaintiff's Lawyers and the Income Tax

226

Increasing the IRS Budget - A Waste of Money

227

The FAIRtax vs. the national debt

228

President Biden, Help Us Take Back Control of Our Tax System

229

The Budget and the FAIRtax - How Democracy Is Supposed to Work

230

Senator Sanders, the FAIRtax Will Fund Your Spending Proposals

231

Americans Are Great at What They Do

232

The Government Is Very Afraid of the Growing Tax Rebellion

233

Who Benefits from the Complexities of the Income Tax?

234

Salute to a Great FAIRtax Advocate and a Great Man

235

A FAIRtax Labor Day message

236

The FAIRtax As Explained by a Golf Ball

237

I'm From the Government and I'm Here to Help

238

Why the Government is Subject to the FAIRtax

239

The Hypocrisy of Attacking Wealthy Borrowers

240

The IRS Can't Be Fixed

241

They Are Still Afraid of Us

242

The IRS Made a Mistake and Dyane Smith Is Still Paying the Price

243

The FAIRtax and the Morality of Taxation

244

Happy 4th of July

245

Tax Exemption Denied Because Prayer and Bible Reading Boost the Republican Party

246

The Leaked Files Prove that the IRS Has Got to Go.

247

The IRS is Coming and We Should Be Very Afraid

248

Why Do They Still Defend the Income/Payroll Tax System?

249

It's Time to Take a Chance - What Have You Got to Lose?

250

See No Evil. Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil

251

Calls for Eliminating the Income Tax

252

Want to Know Who's Paying for Biden's Spending? Pass the FAIRtax

253

The Income Tax Adds More Risk to Investments - Ridiculous

254

Tax Evasion Is Picking Our Pockets

255

Follow the Money

256

The Biden Tax Hikes - Time for Truth, Not Tricks

257

Punishing Kids Who Work - Another Problem the FAIRtax Fixes

258

The Wealthy May Soon Decide That It's Time to Pass the FAIRtax

259

They Think the Purpose of the Income Tax Is to Redistribute Wealth

260

FAIRtax Power Radio at CPAC

261

Another Unnecessary Fight - Taxing Cryptocurrency

262

Fraud, Tax Crimes and Prison

263

The Income Tax Crisis - The IRS Will Show Its Teeth

264

Into the Weeds - How the FAIRtax Rate is Calculated

265

What's the Best Way to Increase the Minimum Wage? Pass the FAIRtax

266

It's Just Not Worth the Cost

267

Biden's Tax Plans, Puerto Rico and the Case for the FAIRtax

268

The 1918 Flu, the COVID crisis and the FAIRtax

269

Meet Our New Lead Sponsor in the House

270

The FAIRtax--the Vaccine for Many of Our Problems

271

The Power of Choice

272

The California Tax Revolt

273

How Taxes Affect Your Life

274

Tax Reform Big Enough for Texas

275

Democracy at Work

276

The FAIRtax Will Make Politicians Focus on what's Really Important

277

The FAIRtax Will Increase US Manufacturing Jobs - Why That Matters

278

What Happens After the Election?

279

Employee or Contractor? A Problem Created by the Income Tax

280

Make Financial Planning Possible - Pass the FAIRtax

281

Want Less Tax Evasion? Pass the FAIRtax

282

President Trump Is Making it Easier to Enact the FAIRtax

283

Evasion Under the FAIRtax

284

The Lobbyists Love Mr. Biden's Tax Proposals

285

It IS Possible

286

Joe Biden's Tax Hikes--The Real Problem

287

Yet Another Unnecessary Solution

288

Why California Needs to Rely More on Sales Taxes

289

Like Pigs at the Trough

290

The Supreme Court and the Trump Tax Returns

291

Assisted Suicide

292

Ordinary and Necessary - Language only a Bureaucrat Could Love

293

Happy 4th of July

294

How to Compel Your Congressional Representative to Answer You

295

Modern Monetary Theory May Help Pass the FAIRtax

296

Estate Planning, the Estate Tax and the FAIRtax

297

Religion, Churches and the FAIRtax

298

Could the Reaction to COVID-19 Be the Beginning of the End for Ruling Class Control?

299

How the FAIRtax Helps Solve the Student Loan Debt Crisis

300

The FAIRtax Rate Is Their Problem, Not Ours

301

Defending a Tax Break in the CARES Act

302

It's Time to Plan for the Post-Crisis World

303

Generalities and the Internal Revenue Code

304

Business Tax Compliance Burdens and Crony Capitalism

305

The Coronavirus Filing Delay Gives Us a Glimpse of the Future

306

The Coronavirus and its Economic Impact on the US

307

US Manufacturing and Higher Paying Jobs

308

Manufacturing, the coronavirus and Occam's Razor

309

The FAIRtax and the Coronavirus

310

The Right Way to Encourage Foreign Investment

311

The Parasitoids Are at it Again

312

How much do you REALLY pay?

313

The Income Tax Puts Everyone on Welfare

314

The right way and the wrong way to tax inheritances

315

The right way to fund Social Security

316

Should We Be Taxing Corporations?

317

An Unnecessary Problem for Small Business

318

The Ruling Class is Horrified

319

The Solution That Makes the Problem Worse

320

Rent Seeking via the Tax Code

321

How To Explain the FAIRtax Rate

322

A Thanksgiving Day Message

323

Why Senator Warren Should Embrace the FAIRtax

324

The Warning Shot To The Ruling Class

325

The FAIRtax Calculator

326

Confusion, The Tax Code & Free Stuff

327

Saving Social Security with the FAIRtax

328

The Smart People Outsmart Themselves Again

329

Impeachment Talk Is Costing The Swamp

330

Fewer Are Itemizing and the Swamp Is Worried

331

The Unnecessary Cryptocurrency Controversy

332

Taxpayers Pay For Congress' Bad Decisions

333

Is It Time To Switch The Income Tax With A Sales Tax?

334

The FAIRtax Volunteer From Down Under

335

Congress vs. The Business Round Table

336

Is the Feeding Frenzy Ending for the Swamp?

337

Is the FAIRtax Prebate an Entitlement?

338

Understanding the Alabama Economic Freedom Act

339

The "Alabama Economic Freedom Act"

340

The FAIRtax & the Farmer

341

Land Conservation - The Swamp Strikes Again

342

The Unnecessary Farm Crisis

343

The Spirit of July 4th Is Needed for the FAIRtax

344

When Bernie Examines the FAIRtax, He Will Demand It!

345

The Tariff Penalty Caused by the Current Tax System

346

Why Don't Business Leaders Demand the FAIRtax?

347

Stop Special Tax Treatment for the Very Wealthy

348

Earned Income Tax Credit —A Mess Only The Swamp Loves

349

Punishing Gold Star Families

350

The China Tariff Dispute - Largely Unnecessary

351

The Swamp Should Be Embarrassed

352

A Very Regressive Tax - The Excise Tax