Why The Fair Tax Could Be Called The "Tea Partiers Tax"

When you get right down to it, one could argue that the fuel that feeds the passion driving the Tea Party Movement comes directly from BIG GOVERNMENT. Big Government that spends too much, taxes too much, intrudes too much into private affairs, does not listen to the governed, and is directed by politicians that wield too much power over the governed.

So what does the Fair Tax have to do with the Tea Party's drive to cut bloated, over stimulated, too far reaching government down to size? EVERYTHING. The Fair Tax is much more than simple tax reform, the Fair Tax provides reform that cuts to the heart of what Tea Party activists strive to accomplish, and that is cutting the strings that tie one's income to the greedy hands of politicians. Once you get government out of your pocket book, a huge step is taken to get them out of your everyday life.

The passage of the 16th Amendment created those strings by allowing Congress to institute the income tax and initiate all the appropriate measures for the government to confiscate income from individuals; can you say IRS? The 16th Amendment imparted great power to politicians with respect to being able to tax one individual less at the expense of another being taxed more. It hatched a whole new industry of lobbyists, hired guns if you will directed to entice politicians to bend tax rules in their clients favor. The tax code is a politicians ace in the hole. An ace not much different that Obama Care really. The favors have already started for McDonald's and twenty two other lucky companies and unions that get a waiver from parts of Obama Care; but I digress.

The Fair Tax cuts the heart out of Congress's ability to manipulate the tax code by doing away with the tax code for good. With no tax code to manipulate, the federal government's view into any tax paying American's life is obliterated. I believe that one could argue that where one can find a politician willing to support the Fair Tax, one can find a politician willing to surrender power, work for the people, and cut government down to size. One the other hand where one finds a politician unwilling to support the Fair Tax, one can find a politician seeking to keep their power over you, and your money.

So there you have it. the Fair Tax is the Tea Party Movement.