FairTaxSOWEGA TAKING AIM AT PRESIDENT’S AGENDA
April 16, 2009 by Charlie
Filed under About the FairTax
By LIZ SIDOTI, Associated Press Writer Wed Apr 15, 5:24 pm ET
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama declared on tax-filing day that he aims to take the dread out of deadline day. Obama said at a White House event Wednesday that he’s working toward “a simpler tax code that rewards work and the pursuit of the American dream.”"For too long, we’ve seen taxes used as a wedge to scare people into supporting policies that increased the burden on working people instead of helping them live their dreams,” Obama said. “That has to change, and that’s the work that we’ve begun.”
Obama also met at the White House with several working families to mark April 15 — known notoriously as file-or-else day — and underscore his efforts to make the tax code more fair and less complex.
He noted April 15 “isn’t exactly everyone’s favorite date on the calendar.” But Obama said the day is a reminder to leaders in Washington that they have a responsibility to the people who elected them.
The president noted that he’s asked his economic advisers to thoroughly review how to simplify the tax code and report back to him by year’s end.
“We need to simplify a monstrous tax code that is far too complicated for most Americans to understand, but just complicated enough for the insiders who know how to game the system,” Obama said.
He added: “It will take time to undo the damage of years of carve-outs and loopholes. But I want every American to know that we will rewrite the tax code so that it puts your interests over any special interest. And we will make it quicker, easier, and less expensive for you to file a return, so that April 15 is not a date that is approached with dread each year.”
From FairTaxSOWEGA:
Everyone of us who supports FAIRTAX should take this moment to inform our President to move to implement FairTax into law. If he is serious about what his is claiming then lets get the message to him. FairTaxSOWEGA has picked up 621 signature on a petition during the April 15th Tea Parties that we will be faxing to him in Washington beginning next week. In a few months we plan to re-send this same fax with signatures to remind him that we want FairTax implemented to simplify the way we are taxed.
We can not keep waiting on our elected officials to do anything for us. We must keep the pressure on. FairTaxSOWEGA is looking for another plan to get more people involved to help put more pressure on Washington. We had a huge success with two tea parties. We feel We the People must continue to hold these events to show Washington we want change and we want fair balance government who will listen to our needs. We held a very strong Tea Party in Thomasville Georgia on the evening of April 14th and 800 people expressed their feelings about how they want to change how they are being taxed. Like most they feel we are unfairly taxed in our current system with too much government control.
Please join with FairTaxSOWEGA , Georgia FairTax Organization and FairTax Organization to get this message to Washington.
Thanks to all of you who are standing with us and supporting our efforts. We are welcoming all the new comers in this effort and many people are starting to join with us. This is your FairTax, Let’s get it moving for us in Washington.
Charlie Prochaska
District Director Ga Dist 2 AFFT
229-343-8168
