Roanoke Area FairTax

Many of you have indicated a desire to attend a FairTax Rally.  Here’s your chance!

Tax Day, April 15^th is a great opportunity to spread the word to people whose minds are firmly focused on the unpleasantness of filing income taxes.  And this year there is the additional opportunity of a national grassroots Tea Party movement.  Roanoke Area FairTax is combining both at Roanoke’s main Post Office on Rutherford Ave. across from the Civic Center.

As we have done before, RAFT will have a table on public property in front of the Post Office.  Volunteers will distribute information to people as they arrive to mail their tax returns, directing them to the table to receive further information, to sign up to become one of us, and to talk to us about the FairTax.  We’ll also give them tea bags labeled with the contact numbers of Senators and Congressman.  We ask them to contact these legislators and urge them to support the FairTax.

In addition, we encourage you to join us on the sidewalk to express your support.  This will be your opportunity to be creative.  Although we will have FairTax signs and a banner, individual expression is even better.  Bring signs and posters to tell onlookers, and hopefully the media, what you feel.  If you want examples of slogans and one-liners, go to http://lukeamerica2020.wordpress.com/2009/04/03/101-tea-party-sign-slogans/.

We will be at the P.O. from 3 pm until closing (around 8 pm).  Each of you is urged to participate for at least part of the time to make the most of this unique double opportunity to get the FairTax story out to a receptive public.  I suggest you park at the nearby Civic Center parking area, as the Post Office will allow only short time customer parking.

Ours is not the only Tea Party (see www.RoanokeAreaFairTax.com/TeaParty for the complete list), but it is the only one featuring strong FairTax emphasis, lots of receptive taxpayers, relatively high vehicle traffic, and a downtown setting.

If you would like to commit to being there, please let me know at RAFT@cox.net.  That would help a lot in planning.  Come on down and Spread the word!

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