LAND O' LAKES - As far as Dave O'Neill is concerned, the whole FairTax business was hatched in some Capitol Hill cloakroom as a distraction for what really ails this country, which includes - but is not limited to - insurance companies' failure to pay legitimate claims. ...more

August 22, 2008

Before it was rudely interrupted by Russia's invasion of neighboring Georgia, much of the national campaign - whether for president or any of the contested seats on Capitol Hill - revolved around the tax code, a dreary topic except that it tends to reveal the nature of the electorate. ...more

August 17, 2008

personal and corporate income taxes, the payroll tax for Social Security, and the estate and gift tax. These would be replaced by something called the FairTax, a 23 percent national retail sales tax on virtually everything you buy, including many things that are not presently taxed by state sales taxes. ...more

October 1, 2007