It's time to simplify tax code

Letter to the Editor, 

Our federal tax code is broken. There are more than two changes to it every congressional day for 20 years.  

It is so complicated that many IRS employees can’t explain it accurately. It is 72,000 pages long. A tax code that has fostered an industry, tax lobbyists, who outnumber Washington, D.C., elected officials 32-to-1.  The government picks winners and losers.  

A bill in Congress, HR25, remedies the above. The FairTax replaces taxes on income with a tax on consumption. It’s fair.  You decide how much in taxes you pay. It’s simple.  No forms to fill out and no records to keep.   

Without taxes on income and employment, businesses thrive as their costs go down.   

Call your representative today and ask for their support for the bill.

The FairTax, once you understand it, you’ll demand it.

— Anthony Gasbarro

Fairhope, Ala.