McBride Backs Fair Tax

Date: 24-07-2006

Will McBride, candidate for the Republican nomination to oppose Sen. Bill Nelson, announced today “my unqualified backing for the Fair Tax.

“The proposed fair tax, sponsored in the Congress by Representative John Linder and by Senator Saxby Chambliss will not only be far easier to pay and less costly to administer, most Americans -- especially the poor -- will pay less than they currently do”, McBride observed.

Will McBride noted that he has “studied the Linder-Chambliss bill and it represents a great step forward for all Americans as well as for efficiency in government. I pledge that as a member of the Senate, I will fight for the successful passage of this very important legislation.”

The Fair Tax Act of 2005 originally introduced in January of that year, has 72 announced supporters in the House of Representatives and eight in the Senate, plus 64 Representatives and 16 Senators considered by Americans for Fair Taxation [ www.fairtax.org ] as “leaning in favor and likely to vote for it”.

Seven Florida members of Congress are co-sponsors of the legislation and six more plus Senator Mel Martinez are “leaning in favor and likely to vote for it”. To date, Senator Bill Nelson and Representative Katherine Harris “will not commit”, according to Americans for Fair Taxation.

“Like all Americans, my family and my earnings are subject to taxation”, McBride commented, “and this is not ordinary taxation: it is the most complex system of taxing in the world. There is simply no need for our federal Internal Revenue Code to be some 15 thousand pages long. It is unbelievably confusing and even the thousands of accountants and attorneys whose job it is to help clients comply with the law, admit that our tax code is riddled with contradictions.

“It is an honor for me to stand with elected Florida Representatives Michael Bilirakis, Ander Crenshaw, Ric Keller, John Mica, Jeff Miller, Cliff Stearns and Bill Young in support of this critical legislation”, McBride concluded.

The above is a press release from the McBride for Senate website. I am not specifically endorsing Mr. McBride, just offering this information for your perusal.