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    FairTax:The Truth
    FairTax:The Truth
    FairTax:The Truth
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    FairTax:The Truth

    Written by Boortz Media Group LLC

    Narrated by Neal Boortz

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    In 2005, firebrand radio talk show host Neal Boortz and Georgia congressman John Linder created The FairTax Book, presenting the American public with a bold new plan designed to eliminate federal taxes and the IRS, jump-start the U.S. economy, bring back lost industries and jobs, and recapture billions of untaxed dollars currently hoarded by criminal and offshore businesses. Their book became an immediate #1 New York Times bestseller, igniting a powerful grassroots tax reform movement that's spreading like wildfire across our nation.

    Now, three years later, the authors are back to answer the outspoken and misinformed critics of their innovative proposal. Offering stunning new insights not covered in the original book, FairTax: The Truth debunks the negative myths and gross misrepresentations of this groundbreaking idea. The FairTax plan is simple, brilliant, and it will work—enabling you to keep all the money in your paycheck; eliminating the fraud, hassle, and waste of our current system; and revolutionizing the way America pays for itself.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperAudio
    Release dateFeb 12, 2008
    ISBN9780061662485
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    • 4/5
      It took me a while to get involved in this story, but once I was I was hooked - I absolutely love the new characters (William de Worde, Otto, the dwarves, Mr. Pin and Mr. Tulip). The plot was decent, but rather simple to figure out, at least by Discworld standards. All in all, I did enjoy it, and I think it's a solid book - certainly much better than Making Money, but a few steps below Going Postal or Thud!.
    • 4/5
      One of the better Discworlds. It can be read without a knowledge of the rest of the series.
    • 4/5
      This book made me laugh, a lot. Admittedly, it wasn't my favorite Pratchett book, but I liked it all the same. My favorite character was easily Otto the Vampire, although Mr. Tulip comes in at a close second.
    • 5/5
      William de Worde, the estranged son of one of Ankh-Morpork's noble families, ekes out a living writing letters for the illiterate and producing a monthly news letter for a few rich people who don’t live in the city but need to know what is going on there. When a group of dwarfs set up a printing press, much to the fury of the engravers' guild, William finds himself editor of Ankh-Morpork 's first newspaper, and thrown in at the deep end as an investigative journalist, while investigating a plot to depose Lord Vetinari. Very funny satire about the power of the press and its role in society. Lord Vetinari has always been my favourite Discworld character (although who would have believed that he would have a pet dog called Wuffles?), and it also features Gaspode the talking dog, Foul Old Ron and his gang of beggars, C.M.O.T. Dibbler, the Watch, and in cameo roles, Death and the Death of Rats
    • 5/5
      Just finished rereading this one. Still one of my favorites. Highly recommended.
      Update (December 2013) And I just reread it again. Yep, still a favorite.
    • 4/5
      This is probably the third or fourth time I've read this book and it is one of my favorite from the Discworld series. I love the story of the evolution of movable type and the rise of journalism in Anhk-Morpork. I love the criminal duo of Mr. Tulip and Mr. Pin. These two are comedic gold and steal every scene. This book is a true joy to read and a perfect introductory novel to the Discworld universe.
    • 3/5
      It's a Terry Pratchett book. They're kind of all the same. I listened to the audio book while on a long drive. It's diverting enough, but the humor ranges more from rolling the eyes and groaning to the slightly bemused smile, never managing to make it to an actual chuckle. Also, why does he give so much extraneous detail? "He sat down in his chair, took up his quill, dipped it in ink and proceeded to put the end of the quill into his mouth, because as we all know (some inane point about sucking on the ends of pens, including at least one bad pun)." It's not a direct quote but it might as well be. That sort of Captain Obvious routine gets a bit tiresome on a 10-hour car trip.Still, some interesting observations about journalism.
    • 5/5
      The city of Ankh-Morpork is a vast multicultural and multispecies metropolis with a strong economy and police force, so what happens when Discworld’s biggest city gets a newspaper? The twenty-fifth installment of Terry Pratchett’s fantasy-humor series, The Truth once more finds the flat world taking another step into an Industrial Revolution while a conspiracy looks led Ankh-Morpork into the future by looking back.William de Worde, scion of one of Ankh-Morpork’s oldest families, is a scribe making his way in life by writing a newsletter for foreign consumption between regular scribe duties. Then suddenly William’s life gets changed forever when he runs into dwarves looking to make gold out of lead, well in fairness he actually gets run over by a moveable type printing press. Within a day, William finds himself running a newspaper and while still figuring out how it all happened, Lord Vetinari appears to have committed serious crimes that could result in a change of city leadership. But as the staff of the Ankh-Morpork Times looks into the political controversy, they find themselves being looked over by the Watch, two new criminals in town, and a sinister cabal (is there any other kind).Unlike Moving Pictures, the previous “Industrial” story, The Truth doesn’t need the crutch of clichés to bring a laugh while also having a fantastic plot and numerous new characters that keep the book a great read. While focusing on new characters, several members of the City Watch come into the plot and interact with the main character but don’t take the focus on the primary protagonists and the major antagonists. Also Pratchett fills this book with a nice little mystery and the always entertaining Gaspode and his band of human beggars.For the second straight book, Pratchett invests in plot that he builds jokes around and not the other way around. As a result, The Truth is a wonderful read for both longtime fans and first time readers.
    • 5/5
      You want The Truth? Can you handle de Worde?Great fun with a whole new host of concepts.
    • 5/5
      Pratchett has a way of writing about occupations that makes me actually think certain jobs might actually be more fun than I would otherwise think. While I'm not as eager to go out and be a journalist after this book (like I was seriously considering being a mailman after reading Going Postal), this has more to do with the crap of mainstream news that this book actually kinda sorta rails against.This was written in November of 2000 - before 9/11 and well before Occupy Wall Street. Nevertheless, one of the themes of this book - about the uber-rich having all the power and thinking they're above the law - couldn't escape my notice. As is usually the case with Pratchett, I am forced to think while laughing out loud.I'd have to say that Otto was my favorite character in this story. The first three times of the iconographer's (photographer) problem when taking a picture... I thought the joke would get old fast. Yet, every time poor Otto says, "Vun, two, thr- arrgharrgharrgh!" I ended up giggling louder and louder.Oh, and the idea of Otto not being defined by his nature, and William choosing a new path and other values for himself than what he was raised with was just more of Pratchett's awesomeness in making me think and making the story personal.Just my $0.02...
    • 5/5
      Absolutely classic. One of my favourites. Pratchett on top form with a wry blend of satire and puns.William de Worde becomes the editor of Ankh-Morpok's first newspaper, despite everybody being traditionally against movable type, the Patrician feels it may be time to let the dwarves experiment a bit. However shortly afterwards the Patrician is invovled in a bizzare 'event' and the Watch arrest him. William asks questions and soon finds more answers than he expected.The contrast between William's Times and Dribbler's Inquirer, quickly highlights everything that is wrong with the media in the world today. This is the central premise of the book obviously, but it leaves room for some fascinating byplay around it. In usual contrived Pratchett fashion some of the puns are somewhat extended, Harry King and muckrakers being one of them. Downsides - Mr Pin and Mr Tulip are just odd, and take up proportionately too much of the plot. Other than the direct media play, there isn't much commentry on other issues, though we do get to see plenty of the twisted AM view of how life works, and where to take advantage. If there's one take home message from reading this it is think about what "they" say.
    • 4/5
      Journalism comes to Ankh-Morpork just in time to cover the mysterious switch-o-change-o the Bad Guys do to The Patrician. One of my least favorites in the series so far. It was okay, but not as engaging as some of the others have been, and there weren't any chuckle-out-loud moments here. My biggest issue with this one is that Vetinari seems to act out of character - he's more goofy than intimidatingly sharp, and it's jarring.
    • 4/5
      Terry Pratchett is a god who walks among men. The entire Discworld series is a joy and only a strange mad creature cursed by gods and man would refuse to read and love these books!
    • 5/5
      One of Sir Terry's best, and one of the two perfect 'gateway drug' entries into the Discworld series.
    • 5/5
      Printing comes to Discworld! Those who know printing history will love the injokes; everyone else will just love the plot. As ever, Pratchett delivers.
    • 4/5
      William is totally funny!And a speaking dog surely can't be true can it? hehe
    • 4/5
      So again, very readable, very pageturning, good things to say about isn't multiculturalism good, arn't rich traditionalists bad. But still, I think revisiting these 'forgettable Pratchetts' I think there is just a big run of more-of-the-same. Also, I found the Evil Bad Guys a bit tedious in this one, which given they make up half the book doesn't endere it to me. After all the recent media enquiries and scandles, I think it is interesting how much the plot of this book is 'a free press is a great thing, and it will work to Uncover Truth and Save the Day', and yet there is already that silver line of cynicism, that 'just as much of the Truth as we can before it actually starts to hurt our family'However, one of the things I loved was the opportunity to see the Watch from the outside. When it is the Hero, rather than the Bad Guys, wanting to avoid Vimes is a very different slant...
    • 5/5
      An ink-stained wretch starts a newspaper when the first printing press comes to Ankh-Morpork.
    • 4/5
      Fantastic! Great running gags on Pulp Fiction, newspaper writing, and silliness (like a vampire photographer who turns to dust every time the flash goes off). I know I should be slowing down and savouring these Discworld books, but I just can't help myself.
    • 4/5
      THe power of the press - is the pen really mightier than the sword. In his usual satirical style Pratchett looks at the world of the press and the power it welds and well as the manner it interact with political leaders. Again a mirror is held up to our world with a great deal of humour but also raises some serious questions that we all need to consider where we look at the media. Porbably one of his more enjoyable books.
    • 5/5
      A typically fine Discworld novel in which newspapers and journalism arrive in Ankh-Mopork. As does the tabloid press, but the forces of truth and justice prevail.
    • 5/5
      One of my favourite Discworld books, a satire on the the press and an examination of 'truth'. The printing press has come to Ankh-Morpork and William De Word, a writer of a small newsletter for rich people has become the first editor of a mass publication daily paper. This is a multi-level book, its central plot is a whodunnit when Lord Vetenari seemingly goes mad and attacks his clerk, William De Word turns sleuthing reporter in an attempt to get to the 'truth'. It's also a book about power, about who is pulling the strings behind the scenes. If this wasn't enough, the contract heavies, Mr Pin and Mr Tulip, ask a question about the nature of evil.On the lighter side, as they say in the paper, we have amusingly shaped vegetables, a vampire who's taken the pledge and Gaspode the talking dog.
    • 3/5
       The Discworld discovers movable type and develops a newspaper industry in very short order. This is complete with someone who starts writing for a select group nd ends writing in the public interest, a vampire photographer and a man who grows rather curious vegetables. Alongside this is the "other" side of the press, the gutter press, which is every bit as flamboyant as you might expect.



      And while this is evolving by the day, there is a plot to unseat the patrician, and replace him with a stooge. As is usual, this fails, but does so in a convelouted way that keeps the watch and the press guessing until the very end.
    • 4/5
      Just another terrific Discworld story. Many of the later ones have just about dispensed with magic altogether, since the world pretty much creates its own story. Main character William de Worde is pretty interesting and well thought out, dealing as he is with family issues and trying to make his own way in the world. Not too many other characters really stand out, although the wonderful criminal savant Mr. Tulip is terrific fun. It's fun to watch characters from earlier books come in for smaller or larger roles; for example we get a picture of Commander Vimes as he's seen from the other side of the law. The role of Gaspode the Wonder Dog doesn't seem quite to work, but it's a minor matter. Terrific as always.
    • 4/5
      Puns flow as thick as the River Ankh - but somewhat faster - in this 25th Discworld novel from Terry Pratchett. I'm used to that now, although it almost caused me to stop reading Pratchett through pun overload after the first two of his adventures. This story is confined to Ankh-Morpork, and relates the setting up of the first newspaper. The complete bestiary of fantastical citizens seems to be involved (with dwarves to the fore), to the extent that Pratchett seems to be trying to make points about racial tolerance along with the key theme of independence of the press. In fact, add to this the underlying discussion about political manipulation by the privileged classes, and you might be forgiven for thinking that there's rather too much social commentary for this to be just another story in the Discworld series. Everything seems to end on a positive note, but I was left with more questions than were answered by the resolutions put in place. Is this what I really want from a discworld novel? Actually, no - I just want the rip-roaring story (which we certainly get) and not the political philosophy primer. Still, it's as good as any of his others, and other people may like the additional depth, so it's still worthy of a recommendation.
    • 3/5
      I thought it was good. Really placed an emphasis on the importance of verifying your sources (it's about a newspaper), which seems to be a lost art these days.
    • 5/5
      The Truth is book twenty-fifth in the Discworld series and a stand alone. Although characters from other novels appear, it largely focuses on new characters.William de Worde sends out a monthly newsletter to foreign royalty, but when a group of dwarfs brings a printing press to Ankh-Morpork, William becomes editor in chief of Ankh-Morpork’s first newspaper, the Ankh-Morpork Times. With a plot underway to take down Vetinari, it is up to the Times to use some investigative journalism to find the truth.Obviously, The Truth deals with the idea of truth and the value placed on it. Sometimes it seems that nobody cares about the truth, because a lie is more convenient or maybe just more interesting. But isn’t it important that the truth is out there?“Someone has to care about the… the big truth.”William is the son of Lord de Worde but has fallen out with his father and now lives on his own, making money off his words. However, William’s background still has a huge effect on his character. He can try to change himself, but he can’t completely erase his background. This works to make William both a flawed but interesting protagonist.I also love the supporting cast. The Truth features both Vimes and Vetinari, who are both wonderful. Then there’s a couple new characters introduced who are employees of the Times – Sacharissa and Otto. I particularly love Otto, a vampire photographer who crumbles into dust whenever he uses the flash.“We’ve always been privileged, you see. Privilege just means ‘private law.’ That’s exactly what it means. He just doesn’t believe the ordinary laws apply to him. He really believes they can’t touch him, and that if they do he can just shout until they go away.”The group of “concerned citizens” out to remove Vetinari are doing so largely out of a sense that the city is no longer “our sort of people” and a desire to get back to the “good old days.” Another large part of The Truth is dealing with this sort of prejudice.“William wondered why he always disliked people who said “no offense meant.” Maybe it was because they found it easier to say “no offense meant” than actually to refrain from giving offense.”From a plot wise perspective, it’s easy to figure out who’s behind the attempt to remove Vetinari. The fun comes in seeing how the staff of the Times reacts to the challenges thrown there way.The Truth is a delightful entry into the Discworld series, if not one of my favorite. I would recommend it to anyone looking to try the series, particularly if you have more than a passing interest in journalism.Originally posted on The Illustrated Page.
    • 4/5
      William de Worde is a young man living in Ankh-Morpork, who happens to be the editor of the city's first newspaper. It turns out to be a more dangerous job than he had expected.I have a slight bias for Discworld books taking place in Ankh-Morpork, so I knew I'd enjoy this book before I had started reading it. I was not disappointed; the city is a main character on its own, William de Worde is clever and resourceful and his employees are fantastic.
    • 4/5
      Pratchett takes on the media and its ability to reflect/influence the general public and course of political events. Expertly done as you would expect this is full of humour and the usual great characters such as Vetinari, Vimes, Gaspode etc mixed with a handful of new ones. Pratchett works best when his musings on the world hang around a plot of interest and here we have the possible framing of Vetinari as the central mystery. One of his best.
    • 4/5
      Another strong Discworld novel, centring on Ankh-Morpork’s first newspaper and a plot against Lord Vetinari. We have Gaspode the Wonder Dog disguised as a French (sorry, would that be Genuan?) poodle hiding Wuffles who was the only witness to the crime, a teetotalling vampire photographer who doesn’t respond well to flash photography, and someone who looks so much like Vetinari he can pass for him in a good light - until he opens his mouth. Vimes and the Night Watch play secondary roles.