A Boston Tea Party …(At A Holiday Inn Express Last Night)

So you want to get something done in Washington. Maybe your company needs government approval of a product or your company wants to be a supplier to the defense department. How do you get this done? You need to make a couple of decisions. Will you hire a lobbyist and how much money are you willing to spend? If you want to play the Washington game then you play it under Washington rules. If you don’t follow the rules you get nowhere. We now have a chance to change those rules. We now have a first step to taking back our government from the lobbyists and special interests. How? Two words…Tax Reform.

A Flax Tax or a National Sales Tax is two ways President Bush is thinking about to reform the mind-numbing income tax code we have now. We will most certainly hear screams of outrage from every business or special interest group that risks losing their special tax break. It will also become very evident which members of Congress prefer the corrupt status quo to any type of tax reform. Each member or group that gains benefits from the current use of Washington rules will not show any interest in changing America’s tax laws. This fact alone is all the evidence the public should need to know tax reform is an absolute must. Have you ever known any change to current law that would have the entire government establishment against it? The norm has at least one-half of Washington for something and the other one-half against.

Imagine the only tax you pay is when you buy something, which results in no income taxes being taken out of your check, or imagine filling out your tax return on a postcard each January. No more marriage penalties, inheritance tax, itemized deductions, earned income credits, or hiring a tax accountant. I ask you to get informed. Don’t worry about whether you lose your interest deduction on your house, all that matters is whether you get to keep more of your own money. If you pay less in taxes, you then have more money to save or spend. If you spend some of that money then the economy grows. If the economy grows the government receives more tax money. Everyone wins. America wins if we take away the corrupt influence of special interests and lobbyists. We all know what they do is basically legal bribery. Heck, maybe even career politicians will get bored since their asses will no longer need to be kissed and decide to serve only a few terms. Maybe this major step in changing the way Washington does business will lead to other reforms, then other reforms, and then even other reforms. I know I am getting carried away, quite possibly even dreaming, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night.