FairTax Script for National Debate Tournament

We are really proud of our FairTaxSOWEGA member , Kyle Constable.  Kyle is a high school freshman and is active in the Lee County High School Debate Team.  He has advanced to the National Debate Tournament and has chosen FairTax as his debate topic.  Kyle shared his FairTax Script for the nation Debate Tournament and we wanted to share it with the world!

We thank Kyle for all of his great work in supporting the FairTax and we wish him the best success in his upcoming National Debate Tournament!

Here is Kyle’s Script:

“Extra, Extra, Read All about It! Stock Market crashes as Americans are taxed more and more!” Isn’t that the headline we hear every day? I don’t know about you, but I am tired of hearing that over and over. Here’s one we definitely won’t hear; “Extra, Extra, Read All about It! American economy saved by successful tax reform!” But wait; there is one possibility…the Fair Tax. This has the potential to make that head line and more! The unfortunate thing is, our politicians reject almost anything beneficial for the American people and try to find quick and easy fixes, band-aid solutions if you will. Well, this may take a little bit longer to implement, but it sure is worth it! Let me explain…
Our tax system is broken let’s look at the first fact. No one knows the whole tax code. In 1938, Franklin Delano Roosevelt wrote a letter to the IRS Commissioner asking him to figure out how much he owed in taxes because the tax code was so confusing that the President could not figure it out. Let’s look at a very troubling fact. If the tax code was written in a book about this wide and this long, then it would be 8 feet tall! It is outrageous that “we the people” could even allow this to happen; but even more outrageous is that fact that we’re still using a tax code designed for the 20th century. Yes, it’s true; all the major tax code legislation that our system is based upon is from the early to mid 20th century. We need a change in this system. Every century, no matter what you’re dealing with, there is a major change in the way things are done. The best example I have is the transportation revolution of the 20th century. In the 19th century, we rode horse and buggy up until the point where we transitioned to the Model-T Ford at the beginning of the 20th century. Just like that horse and buggy, our tax code, just isn’t efficient anymore. We can’t keep running on something that doesn’t work. It’s like you’re still driving a car, day after day, knowing that it needs a new tire. And each day that the tire doesn’t get changed, the worse it gets. And eventually, we’re going to break down. That’s definitely something that we don’t need right now. Along with the fact that the system is outdated, it’s a system that penalizes productivity. That means the harder you work, the less percentage of money you’re going to keep. But facts are facts, and the truth is, the average American will make more money not working at all, then they would working two jobs. That just shows that our system is broken. Not only is the tax system broken, so is the organization that runs it, the IRS.
The IRS is the worst government agency and truly the most irresponsibly run agency in the country. Because of their irresponsibility, we get inefficiency. And this inefficiency leads to the waste of our tax dollars by paying to keep the IRS running, inefficiently. The money that they receive every year from the government to keep them running, is used ineffectively. Let me point something out; we spend ten billion dollars a year to keep the doors of the IRS open. Not only is this money wasted, the employees’ time is wasted as well. The employees that work for the IRS are very intelligent and capable people. Was the IRS gone, they could become accountants and work to help people save their money in order to further future. Now, imagine with me what we could do if we closed the IRS and kept that extra 10 billion dollars a year. We could use it to pay off debt! After ten years, that’s a 100 billion dollar surplus coming from where the IRS was. Or, even better, we could reinvest this money elsewhere. We can pay off Social Security or Medicare. We could start looking at repairing roads, bridges, and highways. We could even use it for green energy research. If we put the “Going out of Business” sign on the front door of the IRS, it will be much more beneficial to the country. And there’s only one plan out there right now that will do that. Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you, the FairTax.
The FairTax was created in 1994 by graduates from Harvard and Stanford University and was declared by these business experts, the best way to run our tax system. Even though it was made in the 1990’s, it’s still applicable today. The FairTax eliminates all taxes and puts in place a simple 23% sales tax. With the elimination of all taxes, April 15th becomes another beautiful spring day. Now, you don’t have to go to the post office to mail your tax returns. You can go on a picnic with your family in the park! And instead of looking at the second number on your paycheck, you can now look at the first and take home every cent you have earned! It’s about time Americans get what we’ve earned. Not only does the FairTax get rid of our current tax system, it gets rid of the IRS as well! So there you have it, our faulty tax system is gone and so is its manager, the IRS. Well, some of you may ask, why 23%? Isn’t that a little high? In the FairTax program, there’s a monthly check called the Prebate. Based on your income, you get a certain amount of money in this government check that you receive monthly. The more money you make, the less money you get in your prebate check, the less money you make the more money you get in your prebate check. This money in the Prebate check comes from some of the taxes they’ve collected from us so we get a little bit back of what we’ve paid. According to the FairTax Calculator on FairTax.org, for a married couple with two children making 50,000 dollars per year, they would get twelve and a half percent more spendable income. It’s that simple. The FairTax is the fastest and most effective solution in our situation.
The debate will go on, but it’s time that we fight for change. Let me tell you a story in closing. My friend, Charlie Prochaska of FairTaxSOWEGA, was going through a hard financial time in his family last year and worked overtime to try to make some extra money to help. He usually works 40 hours in a work week. That week he worked 100 hours that week, 60 hours overtime. When he got his paycheck, he did the math. In that additional 60 hours, he made 100 dollars, that’s it. It’s sad that our tax code can do that to us. This just shows we need the FairTax. This tax system will change the America we know. In the Constitution, the 16th amendment requires us pay the income tax. The FairTax will deem that amendment null and void. Isn’t that what America needs in these economic hard times? It’s time that we stand up and fight to change this situation. We need to fight the system and save our country. Ladies and gentlemen, I implore you to stand with me in fighting this battle for our freedom and our prosperity. Thank you.

Great Job Kyle and Thank you for promoting FairTax on this national platform!! (Please feel free to leave your comments for Kyle in the comments sections below.)