Grover Norquist
President
(ATR) Americans for
Tax Reform
(P.O. Box 96497, Washington, D.C. 20090-6497)
PASS A "FLAT
TAX" [S. 173]
and FIRE THE I.R.S.!
Thursday Morning
My Dear Friend,
Washington is cheating
you. For decades, tax-and-spend
politicians in Washington have used a tax code that is impossible to
understand, too easy for greedy Politicians to manipulate, and allows DC
insiders to decide who pays and who doesn't.
My
friend, I am thrilled to FINALLY be able to say these words to you: Now that
the American People -- even some who voted for Barack Obama -- are seeing that
he lied when he said he wasn't raising their taxes, WE MAY FINALLY HAVE THE VOTES ON CAPITOL HILL TO PASS A "FLAT TAX"
and FIRE THE I.R.S.!!! But we must act immediately!
The
Obama Administration has overreached on taxes -- to the point that any Democrat
who wants to keep his job may be willing to take drastic action to separate him
or herself from the blatant tax grab in Washington.
My
friend, Americans for Tax Reform is ready to do something that should have been
done a long time ago . . . GET RID OF THE I.R.S. AND THE OVER-COMPLICATED,
CONFISCATORY AND UNFAIR TAX SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS HALF OF AMERICA'S POPULATION TO FREELOAD OFF OF THOSE OF US WHO WORK,
SACRIFICE AND SAVE.
This
is an opportunity that we cannot let slip away. This could finally be the time
to do something that ATR has been working on behind the scenes for more than 10
years in Washington:
PASS THE FLAT TAX
Unlike
the I.R.S.'s current red-tape nightmare, the flat tax is very simple: ALL
TAXPAYERS PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE -- NO MORE, NO LESS.
Most
FLAT TAX proposals out there feature a flat rate of around 20% for all
taxpayers -- Not
more than 50% for some and 0% for others! That
means:
** No more 50% rates to punish you for
working hard all your life.
** No more Death Tax.
** No more crossing your fingers waiting
to see if a "tax-and-spend" Congress or a corrupt president will
decide to raise your taxes just to "redistribute" more of your money
to others to pander for their votes.
** No more need for an expensive accountant
to "do your taxes" -- YOUR ENTIRE TAX RETURN WILL BE ONE SMALL INDEX
CARD THAT YOU MAIL IN!
** No Capital Gains Taxes on money you've
already paid taxes on once!
** No more double taxation on money you've
saved over the years in your retirement accounts.
As
you can see, the Flat Tax is fair, easy to figure out, and takes the weapon of
taxes out of the hands of politicians once and for all.
Without
pitting the taxPAYERS
against the NONpayers,
never again will a politician like Barack Obama rise to power by dividing the
American People against each other. So two questions remain:
1. How do
we get the Flat Tax passed?
2. What
does this letter have to do with any of this?
I'm
glad you asked... Barack Obama lied about raising taxes, and
everybody is quickly realizing it. This could finally be our chance to rally
taxpayers from all walks of life and from both sides of the political aisle to
get rid of the I.R.S. once and for all.
Here
is why now is the time to act -- because we've never had what we have right
now:
1. Enough
public outrage over the lies about taxes
to force many members of Congress to vote
for a Flat Tax who never would otherwise -- they're scared to death of
losing their jobs in 2014.
2. The
timing of the upcoming mid-term
elections to FORCE Congress to finally do what their constituents are telling
them to -- and
getting rid of the I.R.S. is near the top of EVERY taxpayer's list right now.
My
friend, there's never been a better time to finally pass a Flat Tax. In fact,
the Congressional Bill instituting a
Flat Tax, S. 173,
has already been introduced in the U.S. Senate. That leads in to my second question, which is how this
is related to this letter -- and to you.
My
friend, for better or worse, I am very well known on Capitol Hill. When I walk
into the room, Congress knows the conversation is going to quickly turn to
taxes. And believe me, every member knows where I
stand.
But
today, those members don't just need to hear from me -- they need to hear from you. So please -- no matter what else
you accomplish today -- PLEASE [request for and] sign your PASS THE FLAT TAX Petition and rush it back to me here at Americans
for Tax Reform.
We
have already collected more than 500,000 Petitions, but we must have more
shipped to Capitol Hill. And with the elections just around the corner, we
cannot take too long to get more Petitions printed, sent out, collected and
added to the pile.
That
brings me to a special favor I must ask of you today. When you sign and rush
your PASS THE FLAT TAX Petition back
to ATR, will you also send along a special, one-time gift of $35?
This
opportunity won't last very long. The
media will not report Barack Obama's lies about raising taxes, and they have a way of making
people forget missteps by this administration very quickly.
A
key component of winning this battle is getting this Legislation through
Congress before they have a chance to cover Obama's tracks on these massive tax
increases!
Imagine next year at tax time doing your
taxes by taking 5 minutes to fill out an index card and dropping it in the
mailbox!
Imagine knowing exactly what you owe
before you make a single financial decision in the following year!
And imagine taking the weapon of taxes
out of the hands of corrupt Washington politicians
who use them to pander for votes from some and to steal from others!
Imagine
how much better off our country will be when ALL Americans REALLY DO PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE -- instead only those
of us who worked harder than anyone else being ordered by Washington to pay the
bills of those too lazy to work.
With
the Flat Tax in place . . . Your savings and investments will be safe . . .
Greedy
politicians like Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid won't be able to break into line
in front of your children to take what you intend to leave to them when you
pass on . . . And you and I will keep more of what we've earned!
But
mark my words: The politicians who stand to lose their power over us do not
want to pass this critical legislation!
Now
you know why I need to make sure that we don't let this opportunity slip away.
I believe we can help pass the Flat Tax before the mid-term elections -- but
I'll need your help.
Do
you want to keep more of your money? Hand down your family heirlooms, home and
prized possessions to your children?
If
so, here's your chance to FINALLY have your voice heard in Washington. Please take these two important steps right now:
1. Sign
your PASS THE FLAT TAX Petition.
2. Rush it back to Americans for Tax Reform in
the special pre-addressed envelope I've sent for you to use along with as much
as you can afford to send today -- whether that be the
$35 recommended contribution, or as much as $50, $100, $250, $500 or even
$1,000 or more.
Thank
you for standing with ATR to pass the Flat Tax now. Please answer my letter as
soon as possible, because we may never get another chance like this in our
lifetime.
Sincerely,
Grover
Norquist, President
Americans
for Tax Reform
P.S. I've been waiting to send this letter for 20
years, my friend. I was starting to wonder if I'd ever see the day when
circumstances in Washington might make passing the Flat Tax a reality.
My
friend, that day is here. We cannot miss this opportunity. Please join me and
Americans for Tax Reform -- help us fire the I.R.S., and take the power of
taxation out of the hands of Barack Obama and the tax-and-spend liberals who
have buried our country in debt -- and our people in new and higher taxes.
To
help, please rush your PASS THE FLAT TAX
Petition back right away -- along with your best gift of $35, $50, $100, $250,
$500 or even $1,000 or more contribution.
We
-- and America -- are counting on you today.
[Please request for PASS THE FLAT TAX Petition Americans for Tax Reform (ATR, P.O. Box 96497, Washington, D.C. 20090-6497)!]
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(Sample)
Americans for Tax Reform
Pass The Flat
Tax Reply Form
From: Tax Payer
Dear Grover,
I
will not stand on the sidelines while you, and thousands of my neighbors, fight
the battle to get rid of the I.R.S. and PASS THE FLAT TAX once and for all.
I will
help!! To join the battle to take advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime chance
to pass the Flat Tax, I have signed my PASS THE FLAT TAX Petition below, and am
rushing it back to you today with my best gift of:
(Sample)
PASS THE FLAT TAX
A Petition to the 11311 Congress of the United States of America
Whereas, The complexity
and subjective nature of current U.S. Tax Code is being used as a mechanism of
political manipulation and control over the American People
And Whereas, A "FLAT
TAX" will ensure equality, fairness and increased revenue in the tax code,
And Whereas, The dissolution of the Internal Revenue
Service alone will save our Government more than $12.5 BILLION per year,
And Whereas, The potential for enough votes to pass this
critical new Tax System IS FINALLY A REALITY IN WASHINGTON,
Therefore, I, an American taxpayer sick and tired
of paying more and more taxes while practically half of our population pays
NOTHING, I urge you to vote "YES" on legislation to PASS THE FLAT
TAX!!
Signed,________________________________
Date:________________
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Grover Norquist
President
(ATR) Americans for Tax Reform
(P.O. Box 96497, Washington, D.C. 20090-6497)
TAXPAYER'S SURVEY
Tuesday Morning
9:22 Eastern Daylight Time
Dear Fellow Taxpayer,
I'm
writing to you from Washington, D.C. where YOUR voice is sorely missing on an issue that
affects you personally -- YOUR TAXES. I've taken it upon myself to make sure
your voice IS heard.
I
hope you don't mind if I ask you a few questions about where you stand, and
then ask you to rush your answers back right away. In fact, I've already taken
the liberty of printing up a TAXPAYER'S SURVEY in your name. I hope you'll
complete it and return it today.
There
are only five questions and they're very simple, so I don't expect you'll have
trouble filling it out. For example, Question #1 is:
Do you support abolishing the
role of the IRS by replacing the complicated and burdensome tax code with a
simple Flat Tax?
-- Or --
Do you prefer the complicated
and burdensome tax code we currently have?.
Please let me know your answers to this and just four
other quick questions by taking less than 2 minutes out of your day to fill out
the enclosed TAXPAYER'S SURVEY, and then rush your answers back to me in the
Direct-to-DC Envelope I've provided.
My
name is Grover Norquist, and I'm President of Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) . We're one of the most powerful pro-taxpayer groups in Washington, and it's 100% thanks to the generous and loyal
support of friends like you all over the country.
Here
at Americans for Tax Reform, we work for YOU
-- the American taxpayer who is
largely unrepresented in Washington
these days.
My
friend, the IRS is out of control in Washington -- and thanks to the recent scandals, EVERYONE KNOWS IT!
It
is also becoming crystal clear that simply getting rid of the current bunch of
corrupt bureaucrats and replacing them with new ones won't help . . . MAJOR
CHANGES ARE LONG OVERDUE TO THE WAY THE IRS OPERATES AND HOW IT IS HELD
ACCOUNTABLE TO THE AMERICAN TAXPAYERS!
My
friend, this could be our best chance in decades to make significant changes to
the tax code. I'm seeing more and more people every day -- from both sides of
the aisle -- stand up to say that the IRS has long
outlived its usefulness in its current form.
And
it is becoming more and more clear that this out-of-control bureaucracy should
NEVER get their hands on our healthcare.
Please,
fill out your TAXPAYER'S SURVEY right away to let me know where you stand. The
enclosed Direct-to-DC Envelope will
rush your answers straight back to me in Washington, where your input is badly needed.
Take
it from me -- the politicians in Washington would like to forget that taxpayers like you even
have an opinion. They'd much rather just think of you and me as faceless piggy
banks for their big-spending Washington agenda.
But
with your help, ATR won't let them forget! With your help, we'll force Washington to be accountable to US! But I can only do that if
you tell me where you stand on your TAXPAYER'S
SURVEY.
Personally,
I think taxes should be low, flat, fair and honest . . . and I know I'm not
alone in saying that until we have some answers, the IRS can NOT be trusted to
administrate our healthcare through ObamaCare.
Anything
would be better than what we are seeing right now -- an out of control,
politically motivated bureaucracy with no limits on power overseeing a tax code
that is a complicated, unfair and expensive mess.
It's
complicated! Current tax forms take hours to complete,
even longer to understand, and it's almost impossible to get a straight answer
from the IRS. Far too many ordinary Americans are forced to live in fear of an
IRS audit.
It's unfair! Wealthy Americans and giant
corporations use high-powered lawyers and lobbyists to find and create tax
loopholes that are unavailable to you or me. And almost half of the American
People don't pay any taxes at all!
It's
expensive! The web of IRS bureaucracy costs
American taxpayers hundreds of millions per year. And that doesn't even count
the millions we spend hiring professional tax preparers and accountants.
It's
corrupt! From limiting the free speech of
groups leading up to the elections, to the millions spent on luxurious
conferences, the administrators of this disgraceful agency must go -- they
cannot be entrusted with the role reserved for them in ObamaCare.
Don't
you agree that the current tax system is broken and needs an overhaul? If so, I
hope you'll say so on your TAXPAYER'S SURVEY today. Washington needs your urgent input on a number of tax matters:
*** The Death Tax -- should it be 35%, 40%
or scrapped completely?
*** The Income Tax -- should we replace our
current "progressive" income tax with an across-the-board, lower Flat
Tax?
*** Corporate Taxes -- should we eliminate
lobbyist-installed loopholes for businesses with cozy connections to
government, like "green energy" giant Solyndra and others?
*** ObamaCare -- should we really stand by
while the IRS continues to grow in size and reach over our lives by hiring an
army of new agents to implement Obama's socialized healthcare scheme?
These
questions and more await your answers on the TAXPAYER'S SURVEY I've printed up
in your name and enclosed with this letter.
Won't
you please share your opinions with me? With your input in-hand, Americans for
Tax Reform can show the politicians in Washington how Americans really feel about taxes.
Remember,
these politicians want to ignore your opinion. This survey will make sure they
hear you -- LOUD AND CLEAR! You see, ATR is very well-respected in Washington.
I
don't mean to toot my own horn, but when we speak -- politicians listen. They
have to, because they know we are speaking with the voice of the millions of
American taxpayers like you. Taxpayers who vote!
So
when we turn up the heat, it really does make a difference. But we can only
make the necessary impact with your input . . . and yes, with your financial
support, too. Obviously, we don't take a single dime of taxpayer money.
So the
only way we can fight in Washington
for the fiscally conservative positions of taxpayers is thanks to the
generosity of friends like you. So can I count on your support today?
Will
you please include a generous $29 gift with your TAXPAYER'S SURVEY? $29 is just
one dollar for every year ATR has been fighting in Washington on behalf of American taxpayers like you.
Of
course, if you can afford to send more than $29 -- please do. I'm hoping
friends who can send gifts in the $100 to $250 range will generously agree to
give that much today. Maybe even a few folks will dig deep and send $1,000 and
even larger amounts, if we're lucky.
I won't
guess how much is right for you. Only you can decide that. I'll simply count on
you to send as large a gift as fits your budget. Maybe that's the $29 I
suggested. Maybe it's some other amount.
But
whatever size gift is the most generous you can manage -- please send it along
with your TAXPAYER'S SURVEY as soon as you possibly can.
Remember,
the Direct-to-DC-Envelope I've enclosed will ensure your SURVEY and generous
contribution get to
me in Washington without delay. So please don't let your special Direct-to-DC Envelope go to waste.
First,
fill out your TAXPAYER'S SURVEY. It's just 5 easy questions. Then, consider how
much you can afford to donate. Every single dollar you can send will help ATR
fight for lower taxes for ALL Americans, in accordance with the SURVEY answers
you provide.
I
can't fight alone. It's only because we have so many taxpayers like you standing
behind us that ATR is able to be so effective in DC. Your gift of $29 -- or any
other amount you can spare -- is critical to fighting the tax-and-spend culture
in Washington.
I'm
so proud that ATR is able to fight for you and taxpayers across America. I'd be even prouder if you'd help us.
Sincerely,
Grover
Norquist, President
Americans
for Tax Reform
P.S. I almost forgot -- my team is hoping to have
all our TAXPAYER'S SURVEYS collected and tabulated by the middle of next week.
Can you be sure to send yours in the next three days so it arrives in time?
Remember
to use the Direct-to-DC Envelope I've
provided so your TAXPAYER'S SURVEY doesn't get held up in the mail. And please
try to include as generous a gift as you can. $29 would be a great help!
[Please request for TAXPAYER'S SURVEY (ATR, P.O. Box 96497, Washington, D.C. 20090-6497)!]
Americans for Tax Reform * P.O. Box
96497 * Washington, D.C. 20090
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(Sample)
National Americans for Tax
Reform
2013 National Taxpayers Survey
SURVEY INSTRUCTIONS: Answer the following questions about United States federal taxes fully and honestly. Your personal
answers will be kept confidential. Only total, tabulated results will be
shared. Once all surveys have been received, Americans for Tax Reform will use
the responses to advocate on behalf of taxpayers in Washington, D.C. Please return your survey within 72 hours of receipt.
SURVEY TO BE COMPLETED BY: Taxpayer
SURVEY QUESTIONS: CHECK ONE:
1) Do you
support (A) lower, simpler, fairer and flatter taxes, or (B) the complicated
and burdensome tax system we currently have?
□ (A) Lower
□ (B) Current
2) Do you think
the Estate Tax (also known as the "Death Tax") should be (A) 35%, (B)
40%, or (C) be eliminated completely?
□ (A) 35%
□ (B) 40%
□ (C) 0% -- eliminated
3) Do you think
we should (A) maintain our current "progressive" income tax system,
or (B) scrap it in favor of a low, single-rate Flat Tax?
□ (A) Progressive & high
□ (B) Flat and low
4) Should our
corporate tax code (A) remain riddled with special loopholes and tax-breaks for
well-connected businesses and cronies of Washington politicians, or (B) be simplified and made fair for
all?
□ (A) Loopholes for some
□ (B) Fair for all
5) Given the
recent scandals surrounding the IRS, are you (A) concerned or (B) comfortable
with the fact that this agency will be in charge of enforcing the mandates of
ObamaCare?
□ (A) I am concerned
□ (B) I am comfortable
URGENT REPLY TO GROVER NORQUIST:
□ THANK
YOU, GROVER! You're right -- most of the time, it feels like Washington politicians don't care about the concerns of ordinary
taxpayers like me. I'm glad ATR is actively fighting in D.C. on behalf of
fiscally conservative taxpayers all across America.
□ I AGREE
ATR'S WORK IS VITALLY IMPORTANT, and I know taxpayers
like me can't afford to lose our fiercest advocate in Washington. To help ATR fight in D.C. on behalf of taxpayers
everywhere, I'm making the most generous contribution I can afford for:
Signed,________________________________
Date:________________
Americans for Tax Reform * P.O. Box
96497 * Washington, D.C. 20090