Roanoke Area FairTax

Saturday (3/14) is Roanoke’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade, a time for family and fun.  Roanoke Area FairTax will be there again this year but with a new twist.  Unlike past years, when we sought petition signers or handed out FairTax information, this year’s goal is to draw people to our website because of what we can do for them.

With the economy in such bad shape and with huge expenditures in an attempt to fix it, the principles of the FairTax stand as ways to fix it and, quite possibly, to prevent future occurrences.  Many citizens are angry at what they fear will be taken from them to cover the bad decisions of others.  They are expressing themselves in public gatherings called “Tea Parties,” reminiscent of the taxation-without-representation Boston Tea Party in 1773.

RAFT wants to bring a positive message to these expressions of anger and concern: the promise of the FairTax.  As such, we will be handing out up to 2000 Shamrock-green fliers asking people to go to our special website page, www.RoanokeAreaFairTax.com/TeaParty, that is being constructed.  There we will have information about events, meetings, and information.

I am looking for volunteers who would enjoy a good parade and help pass our fliers to spectators.  The parade begins at 11:00 and runs for about two hours after which there will be a Celtic Festival at Williamson Rd. and Church St.  RAFT will have “headquarters,” as usual, in the parking lot at the corner of Jefferson St. and Campbell Ave. starting at 9:00.  Come to our “booth,” meet your fellow supporters, grab some fliers, and get out into the crowd.  All you have to do is hand them out: no explanations, no signatures.

The more of us there are, the easier the job will be.  Come and, literally, Spread the word!