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On Jan. 10, 2023, Georgia U.S. House Rep. Earl Buddy Carter, R-Ga., introduced House Resolution 25, also known as the Fair Tax Act. According to reporting by the National Review, consideration of this bill was a concession that newly elected House Speaker Kevin McCarthy made to the ultraconservative House Freedom Caucus to secure enough votes to be elected speaker: As described by Carter's office, the Fair Tax Act would eliminate all personal and corporate income taxes, the death tax, gift taxes, and the payroll tax. The bill is co-sponsored by several members of the House Freedom Caucus. While the imposition of a 30% sales tax may not seem like a classically Republican position, it is part of a larger scheme to effectively shutter the Internal Revenue Service, as explained by Semafor: The bill, according to National Review, will assuredly fail in the Democratic-controlled Senate. Because, however, the bill was introduced by members of the House Freedom Caucus and because it proposes a 30% sales tax, the claim is True.
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