Tennessee Calls for Replacing the Federal Income Tax with the FAIRtax

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., May 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- On April 24, 2025, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee signed resolution HJR17 to urge the United States Congress to repeal all taxes on income, enact a national retail sales tax as specified in the FAIRtax Act H.R 25, and repeal the 16th Amendment to the United States Constitution.

In the passage process, Jack Johnson, Tennessee Senate leader stated, "Keep in mind, our framers never contemplated that the federal government would tax income." He later went on to say, "House Joint Resolution 17 would urge Congress to pass the FAIRtax Act and repeal the 16^th Amendment, replacing all federal income-based taxes with national retail sales taxes."
The video is at: 
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1l1qaDwXOnsOzI5zxwS34q60zmua4tzzz/view?usp=sharing

The following is the substance of the actual resolution that is available at: https://fairtax.org/about/tennessee-joint-resolution-hjr-17

WHEREAS, Tennessee successfully maintains government functions without a personal income tax; and WHEREAS, Tennessee's reliance on the retail sales tax since 1947 and elimination of the state personal income tax has proven successful in attracting an ever increasing number of businesses moving operations and facilities to Tennessee, creating substantial additional jobs; and WHEREAS, Amendment 3, the Tennessee Income Tax Prohibition Act, which was approved by voters in 2014, amended the State Constitution to prohibit the levying, authorizing, or permitting any state or local tax upon payroll or earned personal income.

WHEREAS, Tennessee is a model that demonstrates the success of the consumption tax versus the repressive and suppressive effects on individual production and savings.

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE HUNDRED FOURTEENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, THE SENATE CONCURRING, that the members of this General Assembly do hereby urge the United States Congress to enact H.R. 25, the Fair Tax Act of 2023, which eliminates the personal income tax, the alternative minimum tax, the inheritance tax, the gift tax, the capital gains tax, the corporate income tax, the self-employment tax, and the employee and employer payroll tax, and replaces them with a national retail sales tax. A copy of this resolution will be transmitted to the President of the United States and each member of the Tennessee Congressional Delegation.

Learn more about the truth in taxation at fairtax.org. View the two-minute videos of The FAIRtax – What is It? and What is the Prebate?

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Florida Fair Tax Educational Association is a 501(c) (3) to inform and educate the citizens on alternatives to the current system of federal taxation based on the following principles: fairness, simplicity, transparency, pro-economic growth and revenue neutrality.

Florida Fair Tax Educational Association
PO Box 23346
Jacksonville, FL 32241

www.fairtax.org
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www.fairtaxguys.com
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Hand out FAIRtax literature.  Get free FAIRtax palm cards and Prebate cards at Printed Materials – FAIRtax Store. 

References and sources:

The Tax Deception by John Gaver

The FairTax Book by Neal Boortz and John Linder

FairTax: The Truth by Neal Boortz and John Linder

Contacts

Americans for FAIR Taxation

Steve Hayes, President, and Randy Fischer, Marketing, 800-FAIRTAX and [email protected] 

SOURCE Florida FAIRtax Educational Association