Replace Federal Income Tax With National Sales Tax, Florida Candidate Says

Replace Federal Income Tax With National Sales Tax, Florida Candidate Says

Ron DeSantis, 39, one of two Republicans running for governor of Florida, is calling for replacing the federal income tax with a 23 percent national sales tax.

The sales tax, which he calls the Fair Tax, would eliminate most federal taxes.

Father Roger Landry:  Cleaning Up the Bishop Sex Abuse Scandal Requires A Lot of Changes
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Father Roger Landry: Cleaning Up the Bishop Sex Abuse Scandal Requires A Lot of Changes

Matthew McDonald

Father Roger Landry says the Roman Catholic Church needs a clear and trustworthy reporting system for sexual immorality by bishops and other clerics — "and at present, it doesn't exist."

The Church also needs to stop tolerating the double lives of priests and bishops who cheat on their vocations with men and women, he writes in The Pilot, the newspaper of the Archdiocese of Boston.

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