Chapter One
The Ball is Rolling
"Books on taxes usually sell by the dozens."
So said a conservative iconic columnist to Congressman John Linder on the occasion of the release of
The FairTax Book. But he didn't mean it as a critique. Rather, he made the statement in utter amazement upon learning that the book had debuted at number one on the
New York Times best seller list.
You think the media were surprised?
Trust us, nobody was as surprised as we were when the news came (except maybe our publishers). We can't think of a book on a subject so seemingly mundane that debuted at number one. After a few weeks at the top of the list, copies of
The FairTax Book became scarce—but the presses were put into overdrive, and before long the book became a nationwide phenomenon.
Our experience wit ...
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