RAFT member Wayne Davis has had his letter to the editor, “Give taxpayers a fair shake,” published in the Roanoke Times on July 16, 2008: http://www.roanoke.com/editorials/letters/wb/169499 (third letter). He is tired of the heavy tax burden and wants a fair tax, namely the FairTax.
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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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