Roanoke Resident Dennis Rea’s letter, “Come along on a FairTax fantasy,” was published on July 28, 2008 in the Roanoke Times: http://www.roanoke.com/editorials/letters/wb/170992. He proposed what would be the reaction if, after living under the FairTax for 100 years, someone wanted to change it to what we have now.
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Apathy. That is the word I would use to describe the prevailing attitude in Roanoke and Southwest Virginia in the matter of federal tax reform. To be sure, there are dyed-in-the-wool activists and head-nodding supporters. But, there are also quizzical-looking listeners, it’ll-never-happen deniers, I-haven’t-got-the-time spectators, and I’m-not-interested wave-awayers.
Roanoke Tea Party will rally at Elmwood Park in downtown Roanoke on April 15th from 5:30-7:30 pm.
Two important events will take place near April 15th. The first is “Storm the Hill – Operation FairTax Victory,” a program to bring citizen suppport for the FairTax directly to our legislators in Washington. The second is a movie, “An Inconvenient Tax,” about our tax code and ways to replace it, to be shown at the Grandin Theater.
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