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{{Short description|2005 book by Neal Boortz and John Linder}}
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'''''The FairTax Book''''' is a [[non-fiction]] book by [[Neolibertarianism|libertarian]] [[radio]] [[talk show]] host [[Neal Boortz]] and [[United States Congress|Congressman]] [[John Linder]], published on [[August 2]], [[2005]], as a tool to increase public support and understanding for the [[FairTax]] plan.<ref name="fairtaxbook">{{cite book | first=Neal | last=Boortz | coauthors=Linder, John | year=2006 | title=The FairTax Book: Saying Goodbye to the Income Tax and the IRS | edition=Paperback | publisher=[[Regan Books]] | id=ISBN 0-06-087549-6 }}</ref> Released by [[ReganBooks]], the [[hardcover]] version held the #1 spot on the [[New York Times Best Seller list|''New York Times'' Best Seller list]] for the last two weeks of August 2005 and remained in the top ten for seven weeks.<ref>Matt Kempner, "''The FairTax Book'' author from Atlanta is pumping up volume on sales of book." ''Atlanta Journal-Constitution'', [[20 August]] 2005.</ref> The [[paperback book|paperback]] reprint of the book in May 2006 contains additional information and an [[afterword]]. It also spent several weeks on the ''New York Times'' Best Seller list. Boortz stated that he donates his share of the proceeds to [[Charitable organization|charity]] to promote the book.<ref name="boortzbook">{{cite web| url=http://boortz.com/nuze/200509/09202005.html| last=Boortz| first=Neal| title=Nealz Nuze|work=| publisher=Cox Radio| date=2005-09-07| accessdate=2006-08-07}}</ref>


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'''''The FairTax Book''''' is a [[non-fiction]] book by [[Libertarianism|libertarian]] [[radio]] [[talk show]] host [[Neal Boortz]] and [[United States Congress|Congressman]] [[John Linder]], published on August 2, 2005, as a tool to increase public support and understanding for the [[FairTax]] plan.<ref name="fairtaxbook">{{cite book | first=Neal | last=Boortz | author2=Linder, John | year=2006 | title=The FairTax Book: Saying Goodbye to the Income Tax and the IRS | edition=Paperback | publisher=[[Regan Books]] | isbn=0-06-087549-6 | url=https://archive.org/details/fairtaxbook00neal }}</ref> Released by [[ReganBooks]], the [[hardcover]] version held the #1 spot on the [[New York Times Best Seller list|''New York Times'' Best Seller list]] for the last two weeks of August 2005 and remained in the top ten for seven weeks.<ref>Matt Kempner, "''The FairTax Book'' author from Atlanta is pumping up volume on sales of book." ''Atlanta Journal-Constitution'', 20 August 2005.</ref> The [[paperback book|paperback]] reprint of the book in May 2006 contains additional information and an [[afterword]]. It also spent several weeks on the ''New York Times'' Best Seller list. Boortz stated that he donates his share of the proceeds to [[Charitable organization|charity]] to promote the book.<ref name="boortzbook">{{cite web| url=http://boortz.com/nuze/200509/09202005.html| last=Boortz| first=Neal| title=Nealz Nuze| publisher=Cox Radio| date=2005-09-07| access-date=2006-08-07| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060831050128/http://boortz.com/nuze/200509/09202005.html| archive-date=2006-08-31}}</ref>
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[[Image:FairTax TheTruth.jpg|thumb|left|150px|''FairTax: The Truth - 272 pages, ISBN 978-0061540462]]
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The book was published as a companion to the ''Fair Tax Act of 2005'', which was a [[legislation|bill]] in the [[109th United States Congress]] for changing tax laws to replace the [[Internal Revenue Service]] (IRS) and all [[Federal government of the United States|federal]] [[Income tax in the United States|income taxes]] (including [[Alternative Minimum Tax|AMT]]), [[Federal Insurance Contributions Act tax|payroll taxes]] (including [[Federal Insurance Contributions Act tax|Social Security and Medicare taxes]]), [[Corporate tax in the United States|corporate taxes]], [[capital gains tax]]es, [[gift tax]]es, and [[Estate tax in the United States|estate taxes]] with a national retail [[sales tax]], to be levied once at the point of purchase on all new [[Good (economics)|goods]] and [[Service (economics)|service]]s. The proposal also calls for an advance monthly tax rebate to [[household]]s of citizens and legal resident aliens, to "untax" purchases up to the poverty level.<ref name="Kotlikoff">{{cite web| url=http://people.bu.edu/kotlikoff/WSJ%20Op%20Ed%203-7-05.pdf| last=Kotlikoff| first=Laurence| coauthors=|title=The Case for the 'FairTax'| work=| publisher=The Wall Street Journal| date=2005-03-07| accessdate=2006-07-23}}</ref> The bill was reintroduced in January 2007 as the ''Fair Tax Act of 2007''.


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[[File:FairTax TheTruth.jpg|thumb|left|150px|''FairTax: The Truth'' – 272 pages, {{ISBN|978-0-06-154046-2}}]]
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The sequel to ''The FairTax Book'', '''''FairTax: The Truth: Answering the Critics''''', was released by [[HarperCollins]] on [[February 12]], [[2008]]. The book was published as a follow up to answer questions and respond to critics of the FairTax plan,<ref name="thetruth">{{cite book | first=Neal | last=Boortz | coauthors=Linder, John | year=2008 | title=FairTax: The Truth: Answering the Critics | edition=Paperback | publisher=[[HarperCollins]] | id=ISBN 978-0061540462}}</ref> and achieved #4 on the ''New York Times'' Best Seller list for the week of [[March 2]], [[2008]] for paperback nonfiction.
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The book was published as a companion to the ''Fair Tax Act of 2005'', which was a [[legislation|bill]] in the [[109th United States Congress]] for changing tax laws to replace the [[Internal Revenue Service]] (IRS) and all [[Federal government of the United States|federal]] [[Income tax in the United States|income taxes]] (including [[Alternative Minimum Tax|AMT]]), [[Federal Insurance Contributions Act tax|payroll taxes]] (including [[Federal Insurance Contributions Act tax|Social Security and Medicare taxes]]), [[Corporate tax in the United States|corporate taxes]], [[capital gains tax]]es, [[gift tax]]es, and [[Estate tax in the United States|estate taxes]] with a national retail [[sales tax]], to be levied once at the point of purchase on all new [[Good (economics)|goods]] and [[Service (economics)|services]]. The proposal also calls for an advance monthly tax rebate to [[household]]s of citizens and legal resident aliens, to "untax" purchases up to the poverty level.<ref name="Kotlikoff">{{cite web| url=http://people.bu.edu/kotlikoff/WSJ%20Op%20Ed%203-7-05.pdf| last=Kotlikoff| first=Laurence| title=The Case for the 'FairTax'| publisher=The Wall Street Journal| date=2005-03-07| access-date=2006-07-23| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060614173135/http://people.bu.edu/kotlikoff/WSJ%20Op%20Ed%203-7-05.pdf| archive-date=2006-06-14}}</ref> The bill was reintroduced in January 2007 as the ''Fair Tax Act of 2007''.
==Errata==
* The ''FairTax: The Truth: Answering the Critics'' book cites on page 107 that "the origins of the progressive income tax [reside] in [[Karl Marx]]'s [[Communist Manifesto]]." This distinction belongs to [[Adam Smith]].


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The sequel to ''The FairTax Book'', '''''FairTax: The Truth: Answering the Critics''''', was released by [[HarperCollins]] on February 12, 2008. The book was published as a follow-up to answer questions and respond to critics of the FairTax plan,<ref name="thetruth">{{cite book | first=Neal | last=Boortz | author2=Linder, John | year=2008 | title=FairTax: The Truth: Answering the Critics | edition=Paperback | publisher=[[HarperCollins]] | isbn=978-0-06-154046-2 | url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780061540462 }}</ref> and achieved #4 on the ''New York Times'' Best Seller list for the week of March 2, 2008, for paperback nonfiction.
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==See also==

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== See also ==
{{FairTax}}
{{FairTax}}
*[[Americans For Fair Taxation]]
* [[Americans For Fair Taxation]]
*[[John Linder]]
*[[Neal Boortz]]


==References==
== References ==
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==External links==
== External links ==
*[http://www.harpercollins.com/books/9780060875411/The_Fair_Tax_Book/index.aspx?WT.mc_id=WikiP9780060875497 Excerpt from ''The Fair Tax Book''] (Official publisher web page)
* [http://www.harpercollins.com/books/9780060875411/The_Fair_Tax_Book/index.aspx?WT.mc_id=WikiP9780060875497 Excerpt from ''The Fair Tax Book''] (Official publisher web page)
*[http://browseinside.harpercollins.com/index.aspx?isbn13=9780061540462 Excerpt from ''FairTax: The Truth''] (Official publisher web page)
* [http://browseinside.harpercollins.com/index.aspx?isbn13=9780061540462 Excerpt from ''FairTax: The Truth''] (Official publisher web page)
*[http://www.boortz.com/ Neal Boortz Website]
* [http://www.boortz.com/ Neal Boortz Website]
*[http://linderfairtax.house.gov/ John Linder's FairTax Site]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070328182516/http://linderfairtax.house.gov/ John Linder's FairTax Site]
*[http://linder.house.gov/ John Linder's Congress Site]
* [http://linder.house.gov/ John Linder's Congress Site]
*[http://www.fairtax.org FairTax.org] - Americans For Fair Taxation
* [http://www.fairtax.org/ FairTax.org] – Americans For Fair Taxation
* [http://archive.ontheissues.org/FairTax.htm OnTheIssues.org's book review and excerpts]
* [http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/JohnL ''After Words'' interview with Linder on ''The FairTax Book'', December 17, 2005]


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Latest revision as of 03:21, 18 June 2024

This article is about The FairTax Book. For the article discussing the plan, see FairTax.
The FairTax Book
AuthorNeal Boortz
John Linder
LanguageEnglish
SubjectPolitics
Economics
Taxes
Public policy
GenreCurrent events
Politics
PublisherRegan Books
Publication date
2005
Publication placeUnited States
Pages208
ISBN978-0-06-087541-1 (HC)
ISBN 0-06-087541-0 (HC)
ISBN 978-0-06-087549-7 (PB)
ISBN 0-06-087549-6 (PB)
OCLC61158233
LC ClassHJ4652 .B65 2005
Followed byFairTax: The Truth: Answering the Critics 

The FairTax Book is a non-fiction book by libertarian radio talk show host Neal Boortz and Congressman John Linder, published on August 2, 2005, as a tool to increase public support and understanding for the FairTax plan.[1] Released by ReganBooks, the hardcover version held the #1 spot on the New York Times Best Seller list for the last two weeks of August 2005 and remained in the top ten for seven weeks.[2] The paperback reprint of the book in May 2006 contains additional information and an afterword. It also spent several weeks on the New York Times Best Seller list. Boortz stated that he donates his share of the proceeds to charity to promote the book.[3]

FairTax: The Truth – 272 pages, ISBN 978-0-06-154046-2

The book was published as a companion to the Fair Tax Act of 2005, which was a bill in the 109th United States Congress for changing tax laws to replace the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and all federal income taxes (including AMT), payroll taxes (including Social Security and Medicare taxes), corporate taxes, capital gains taxes, gift taxes, and estate taxes with a national retail sales tax, to be levied once at the point of purchase on all new goods and services. The proposal also calls for an advance monthly tax rebate to households of citizens and legal resident aliens, to "untax" purchases up to the poverty level.[4] The bill was reintroduced in January 2007 as the Fair Tax Act of 2007.

The sequel to The FairTax Book, FairTax: The Truth: Answering the Critics, was released by HarperCollins on February 12, 2008. The book was published as a follow-up to answer questions and respond to critics of the FairTax plan,[5] and achieved #4 on the New York Times Best Seller list for the week of March 2, 2008, for paperback nonfiction.

See also

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Part of the U.S. Taxation series
FairTax
FairTax subarticles

References

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  1. ^ Boortz, Neal; Linder, John (2006). The FairTax Book: Saying Goodbye to the Income Tax and the IRS (Paperback ed.). Regan Books. ISBN 0-06-087549-6.
  2. ^ Matt Kempner, "The FairTax Book author from Atlanta is pumping up volume on sales of book." Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 20 August 2005.
  3. ^ Boortz, Neal (2005-09-07). "Nealz Nuze". Cox Radio. Archived from the original on 2006-08-31. Retrieved 2006-08-07.
  4. ^ Kotlikoff, Laurence (2005-03-07). "The Case for the 'FairTax'" (PDF). The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-06-14. Retrieved 2006-07-23.
  5. ^ Boortz, Neal; Linder, John (2008). FairTax: The Truth: Answering the Critics (Paperback ed.). HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-06-154046-2.
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