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FairTax.org has republished a recent editorial from the Augusta, Georgia, Chronicle about the growing Fair Tax movement, after some 7,000 Fair Tax supporters rallied at the Carolina Coliseum in Columbia, S.C., across the street from the Republican presidential debate.

Imagine if early American colonists had access to cell phones, video uplinks and large multipurpose arenas. It would've made the American Revolution a lot easier. Well, a second American revolution of sorts may be taking place, this time with all the modern accoutrements.

The "Fair Tax," a grass-roots movement to institute a federal sales tax
and dump the oppressive and intrusive income tax, and a handful of other despised federal taxes, is growing louder and more ubiquitous by the day.

[T]he mainstream media hasn't really sensed how serious this movement is, so it's not on the radar screens of a lot of people. Indeed, the rally wasn't exactly deluged with media; most reporters and cameras were across the street at the debate.

Will the Fair Tax movement grow large enough to impact the GOP presidential race or even the general-election contest for the White House in '08? I don't know, but the movement is growing. And it was a similar populist revolt against taxes that propelled Ronald Reagan into the White House 27 years ago.