The income tax system is hopelessly broken.  That’s a fact that far too few Americans realize, but it’s true nonetheless.

This week, the FAIRtax Guys continue their series trying to show American taxpayers just how badly broken the system is, and why it should be replaced with the FAIRtax.

As the calendar rolls over to 2026, the FAIRtax community has a lot to look forward to.

This week the FAIRtax Guys welcome Steve Hayes, president of Americans For Fair Taxation, to the program to give us his annual “State of the FAIRtax” message.

Every week the FAIRtax Guys look at congress.gov to see what kind of changes to the tax code are being proposed in Congress.  Some are sensible.  Others, not so much.  Just about all of them are at the behest of a lobbyist.

During the year, the Guys keep a running list of the worst of the worst when it comes to these tax code changes.  Some are truly shameful—blatant political agenda pushing via the tax code.  Some just make you shake your head and wonder what on earth is THAT doing in the tax code.

The first step in getting the FAIRtax passed will be to convince enough people that the income tax system is broken beyond repair and the only way to fix it is to replace it with something better.  Fortunately, there are a whole host of things we can point to that illustrate just how badly broken the income tax really is.

This week, the FAIRtax Guys begin a multi part series pointing out all the things that are wrong with the income tax.

Most people believe that the “tax owed” line on their income tax return is an accurate measure of how much the federal income tax system costs them.  They are dead wrong.

This week, the FAIRtax Guys dig back into the original Boortz and Linder FAIRtax book to uncover the ugly truth about what the income tax system REALLY costs people.

The recent government shutdown was longer and costlier than anyone would have liked.  Federal employees went without paychecks.  Vital services were either shut down entirely or significantly curtailed.  People suffered while the politicians pointed fingers at each other and traded blame on who was responsible for the mess.

The FAIRtax obviously can’t cure the partisan divide in Congress and can’t make the two sides stop arguing.  However, the FAIRtax Guys take an interesting look at how the FAIRtax could make it easier for people to get by the next time this happens.

FAIRtax Power Radio began nearly ten years ago as a weekly radio program on Leading Edge Radio Network.  Over the years, it has evolved into the weekly video podcast you see today.

Today, we celebrate a significant milestone for the program—the 500th episode.  To share in the celebration, AFFT president Steve Hayes and practicing CPA Jade Walle join FAIRtax Guy Bob Paxton for a quick look back and then a look forward into the future of the FAIRtax.

Mark Gupton was a giant in the FAIRtax movement.  He is a major reason why the Florida FAIRtax Educational Association is as large, as successful and as powerful as it is.

This week, the FAIRtax Guys look back at the life and legacy of Mark Gupton as told by two men who worked closely with him and knew him well—Randy Fischer and Steve Hayes.

In 2021, the FAIRtax Guys had the opportunity to present the FAIRtax to a group of political candidates at a candidate workshop in Las Vegas.

This week, the Guys revisit that event and go over the main points in the PowerPoint that they prepared for the occasion.

William Occam was a 14th century philosopher and theologian.  He developed a principle which came to be known as Occam’s Razor.  It held that when there are multiple solutions to a problem, the simplest one is usually the best one.

This week, the FAIRtax Guys examine the income tax and the FAIRtax side by side to see which one gets a better grade on the simplicity test.