If we didn't know better, the extravagant (and alarmingly routine) mea culpa episodes conducted by various nominees to top White House jobs would make us think all those bright bananas mistook Steve Martin for H&R Block. ...more

February 4, 2009

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

LAND O' LAKES - State Rep. Will Weatherford, R-Wesley Chapel, has stepped in for U.S. Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite, R-Brooksville, to conduct today's Fair Tax Town Hall meeting. The meeting will feature U.S. Rep. John Linder, R-Ga. ...more

August 20, 2008

LAND O' LAKES State Rep. Will Weatherford, R-Wesley Chapel has stepped in for Congresswoman Ginny Brown-Waite to emcee Wednesday's Fair Tax Town Hall meeting. The meeting will feature U.S. Rep. John Linder, R-Georgia. Brown-Waite will not attend because her husband, Harvey Waite, died Tuesday at their Brooksville home from pancreatic cancer. Today's town hall meeting will be held 2-3:30 p.m. at Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Church, Rosary Hall, 2348 Collier Parkway. At the event, attendees will be able to ask questions on tax reform, learn more about various reform measures pending in Congress and share their views. Linder is the author of the Fair Tax legislation, and the bestselling co-author of "The Fair Tax – Saying Goodbye to the Income Tax and the IRS." ...more

August 19, 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

Harry P. Meier of Safety Harbor reacts to criticism of Fair Tax Plan in letter to the editor. ...more

January 8, 2008

With water supplies rapidly shrinking during a drought of historic proportions, Gov. Sonny Perdue declared a state of emergency Saturday for the northern third of Georgia and asked President Bush to declare it a major disaster area. ...more

October 21, 2007