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It is the season when every American taxpayer should be demanding a brand new tax code, because the one we have is broken. I don't mean it is in need of reform. I mean that it is broken: irretrievably, irreconcilably, unequivocally unworkable and broken -- beyond repair. Ninety years of tinkering is enough. Scrap it. Destroy it. Replace it with a national consumption tax.

There are only a couple of really hard-charging point people in Congress on this issue. So, unless you live in the 7th Congressional District of Georgia, where U.S. Rep. John Linder is your congressman, or the 5th Congressional District of Iowa, where the ever-outspoken Steve King is your representative, you need to write to your congressperson and demand that he/she give us the Fair Tax (web site)

Let's turn the season to be angry into the season to stop and smell the roses.

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Doug Patton is a freelance columnist who has served as a speechwriter for conservative candidates, elected officials and public policy organizations at the federal, state and local levels. His weekly column can be read in newspapers across the country and on selected Internet web sites. Readers can e-mail him at dpatton@neonramp.com.

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Note -- The opinions expressed in this column are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinions, views, and/or philosophy of GOPUSA.

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