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[[Image:Fairtaxb.jpg|right|thumb|200px| A FairTax bus during a rally at the 2007 [[Republican]] [[Iowa Straw Poll]].]]

[[Image:Fairtaxb.jpg|right|thumb|200px| A FairTax bus during a rally at the 2007 [[Republican]] [[Iowa Straw Poll]].]]

The main support for the Fair Tax comes from the [[Republican Party]] as well as [[Libertarian]]s. [[Conservative]]s have continued to push for Republican presidential candidates to support the congressional Fair Tax bill, one such group was set up in Indiana, ‘Hoosier for Fair Taxation’<ref>”Fair Tax Supporters Vent Frustration”, June 2007, http://www.theindychannel.com/news/13651607/detail.html</ref>. <ref>”FairTaxer's continue to “flex their muscles”, July 2007, http://www.fairtax.org/site/PageServer?pagename=news_feature</ref>.  

The main support for the Fair Tax comes from the [[Republican Party]] as well as [[Libertarian]]s. [[Conservative]]s have continued to push for Republican presidential candidates to support the congressional Fair Tax bill, one such group was set up in Indiana, ‘Hoosier for Fair Taxation’<ref>”Fair Tax Supporters Vent Frustration”, June 2007, http://www.theindychannel.com/news/13651607/detail.html</ref>. <ref>”FairTaxer's continue to “flex their muscles”, July 2007, http://www.fairtax.org/site/PageServer?pagename=news_feature</ref>. [[Mike Huckabee]] has made a national sales tax as one of his main platforms. Economist [[Alan Greenspan]], has also shown support for the FairTax.<ref>Greenspan: Consumption Tax could Help Economy, Fox News, March 2005, http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,149298,00.html</ref>

All Democrats’ presidential primary candidates have said that they do not support the Fair Tax proposal currently in congress. [[Mike Huckabee]] has made a national sales tax as one of his main platforms. Economist, such as [[Alan Greenspan]], have also shown support for the FairTax.<ref>Greenspan: Consumption Tax could Help Economy, Fox News, March 2005, http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,149298,00.html</ref>

Proponents of the tax argue that the Fair Tax would be more practical than the current income tax, which includes over 60,000 pages of tax code documents that lobbyists have worked through Congress<ref> 67,204-Page Code Confounds Taxpayers, Yet Congress Sits By, USA Today, http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/2007-04-03-edit_N.htm?csp=34 </ref>.

==Criticism==  

==Criticism==  

Republican presidential candidate, [[Rudy Giuliani]], criticized the Fair Tax when addressing a group at the [[University of Florida]] in July, 2007<ref> “Giuliani Jeered For Opposing Flat Tax”, Associated Press, July 2007, http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/07/07/ap3891710.html</ref>. The former mayor stated that although he had to “study it some more I don't think a fair tax is realistic change for America. Our economy is dependent upon the way our tax system operates<ref> “Giuliani Jeered For Opposing Flat Tax”, Associated Press, July 2007, http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/07/07/ap3891710.html</ref>.."

All 2008 Democratic presidential candidates have said that they do not support the Fair Tax proposal currently in congress.  

 

Proponents of the tax argue that the Fair Tax would be more practical than the current income tax, which includes over 60,000 pages of tax code documents that lobbyists have worked through Congress<ref> 67,204-Page Code Confounds Taxpayers, Yet Congress Sits By, USA Today, http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/2007-04-03-edit_N.htm?csp=34 </ref>.

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