The FairTax is Dead

If I hadn't been there, I might not have believed it. The FairTax is dead as legislation. Nathan Deal announced the wake in Gainesville on August 7.

What exactly did Mister Deal have to say about the FairTax. Just that he's a sponsor and has been a sponsor for many years. Nothing about being ready to fly back to Washington to take a vote. Nothing about forcing Nancy Pelosi to bring the bill to the floor to give it an up or down vote.

Nope. Nathan Deal offered the FairTax supporters no hope for GOP leadership on this issue.

Funny, there are over a hundred Republicans in the House of Representatives who smell a rat in the FairTax but Deal didn't urge the FairTax supporters to "grassroots" his GOP counterparts.

No, Deal said to call Democratic member of Congress.

And, what were the Deal staffers saying about the FairTax. Deal only supports it to make the Democrats look bad on taxes.

What about the faithful grassroot activists? To Nathan Deal and his staff, those people are just pawns in the political processes to bring greater glory to all things Republican.

Just to punctuate that more clearly. In the 2007 Congress, 9,227 bills and resolutions were introduced. How many Republicans introduced a resolution or a bill for the FairTax? And, how many resolutions and bills were presented?

The 2007 Congress spent a total of 2,854 hours in session. How many hours covered the FairTax?

In the 354 combined days of the Senate and House, on how many days did a Republican speak on the FairTax?

If Deal really believed the FairTax would grow the economy by 10 percent, wouldn't he drop everything that he is doing to save our economy now?

But, what's the great man doing? Campaigning for more oil drilling even when he knows it would be 10-12 years before the oil reaches your gas tank.

Which should be more important? The economy now or gasoline a decade from now.

Deal's answer. Big Oil now.

What's the only hope, in the words of Nathan Deal, for those FairTax people? Back to the grassroots. But, don't call me. I've been a sponsor for many years and I'm busy working for Big Oil.

That's exactly what it sounds like when the first handful of dirt falls on the casket of dead legislation.