Pennsylvanians for the U.S. FairTax Act

"The income tax is fulfilling the Marxist prophecy that the surest way to destroy a capitalist society is by steeply graduated taxes on income and heavy levies upon the estates of people when they die."

Over two-hundred years ago, the founding fathers of the United States of America kept petitioning the King of England with redress of grievances brought upon the nation by the Crown. King George stopped listening, and even went so far as to enact a tax on tea. Then in 1773, colonists sneaked aboard three British ships in the Boston Harbor and dumped several hundred chests of tea overboard as an act of grievance against unfair taxation of the colonies by Britain. The Boston Tea Party became a symbol of American Revolution and the determination of the American people.

As Jeff Parnell expresses so eloquently in his song, perhaps we need a tea party again. Why not sing along with him?

"Perhaps We Need a Tea Party Again"
Music/Lyrics created and performed by Jeff Parnell

One night in Boston Harbor, the tea flew overboard.
They said, "We don't owe King George a thing, we answer to our Lord."
They built this land of freedom, but things have changed since then.
Perhaps we need a tea party again.

They passed the 16th amendment, and the income tax was law.
But it punishes achievement, and that's just one of many flaws.
Then along came withholding, we don't know what we pay in.
Perhaps we need a tea party again.

There's a better way to pay the bills, and the Fair Tax is its name.
We can fully fund this government, and end these silly games.
We can save Social Security, and Medicare it's true.
And the Congress needs to hear all this from You.

Career politicians love the power of tax and spend.
And it's time that all of us take a stand and reign them in.
This country is worth saving, and I'm telling you my friends,
"Perhaps we need a tea party again."

There's a better way to pay the bills, and the Fair Tax is its name.
We can fully fund this government, and end these silly games.
We can save Social Security, and Medicare it's true.
But the Congress needs to hear all this from You.

One night in Boston Harbor, the tea flew overboard.
They said, "We don't owe King George a thing, we answer to our Lord."
We built this land of freedom, but much has changed since then.
Perhaps we need a tea party again.

Copyright 2006 Jeff Parnell

"To make democracy work, we must be a nation of participants, not simply observers."