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Yet another reason why I do not like Democrats…

Many people I know are upset with Saxby Chambliss (R) for voting for the bailout bill, and are prepared to vote for Jim Martin (D) for Senate as a punishment. I understand the desire to do this. The bailout bill went from a 2-page bad proposal to a 450-page bill full of junk, that still wouldn’t work.

There’s an ad out in support of Jim Martin that is attacking Chambliss’ support for the FairTax. Every two years we get candidates on the Democrat side who have the bright idea of running ads against the FairTax. The problem is, they always misrepresent it. Watch the ad here.

The ad claims that Chambliss wants to add a new 23% national sales tax. Which is inaccurate in the sense that it is incomplete. Any mention of the FairTax that only mentions the new sales tax is inherently misleading and deceptive when it does not also mention that it removes all other federal income, payroll, inheritance, capital gains and business taxes, while at the same time providing a rebate for all taxes paid up to the poverty level consumption.

Denise Majette tried this four years ago when running against Johnny Isakson. Her actions four years ago turned me from a casual FairTax supporter into a die-hard one. It also turned me into a Boortz reader/listener. Democrats repeated similar attacks in 2006 to very limited success.

The problem with these types of attacks is that when someone finds out the truth, they will no longer trust you. This is not the kind of thing where you’re cherry picking issues out of complicated votes, or parsing statements to make them sound worse than they are. These kinds of attacks are plainly false, as anyone who understands anything about the FairTax can tell you.

Most of these attacks on the FairTax, including this one, are actually paid for by the national Democrat committees. This one was paid for by the Democrat Senatorial Campaign Committee, led by Chuck Schumer. The Democrat Congressional Campaign Committee has been running similar ads – see the FairTax.org Hall of Shame.

Do me a favor. Send Democrats a message that these kinds of attacks will backfire, as they did four years ago. The FairTax needs Senators who will continue to support it. Vote for Saxby Chambliss, even if you have to swallow hard before you do it. The FairTax is that important.

And if you don’t understand the FairTax, honestly, it’s the simplest thing in the world to understand. Read about the basics of the plan (including answers to common criticisms), and if you’re so inclined, read the full text of the FairTax bill. It replaces 7,500 pages of IRS tax rules with a simple 133 page document.

If you like, as a comparison, you can view the full current tax code here. Good luck with that. Apparently, Democrats like Jim Martin think that 7,500 pages of tax code is far more preferable to 133 pages of tax code.