Background
BENNETT, JAMES was born on April 11, 1948 in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States.
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JAMES BENNETT
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Lafayette College (Bachelor of Arts, 1970). New York University; New York Law School (Juris Doctor, 1973). Property Casualty Insurance Counsel, New York and New Jersey, 1981.
General Counsel: Associated Insurance Management Corporation, affiliate of Colonia Insurance Company of Germany, United States.
Branch, 1986-1990; Euro-American Adjustment Corporation, 1986-1990. Member and Chair, City of Summit, New Jersey Substandard Housing and Property Maintenance Board, 1984 Chair, City of Summit Rent Commission, since 1989.
Spoken languages: German, French.
Career
He promotes FairTax on newsradio talk programs, television shows, He speaks at workshops and local conferences, and manages an Internet-based promotional campaign. He has written hundreds of letters to the editor to publications such as The Atlantic explaining his advocacy of FairTax and urging citizens to write their congressperson to support FairTax bills in the House called H.R.25 and Senate called South.1025. He is the co-director of the New Jersey branch of Americans for Fair Taxation.
He is a lawyer and lives in Summit, New Jersey.
He conducts seminars to explain FairTax to people. He participates in booths at local New Jersey town fairs.
Bennett has advocated FairTax to legislative assistants of New Jersey legislators such as Senator Frank Lautenberg.
Achievements
Politics
Regarding his advocacy of FairTax, Bennett describes himself as nonpartisan and, along with the FairTax organization, does not support either the Democratic or Republican party but advocates FairTax to leaders of both political parties.
Membership
Bennett, in a television interview, explained "Americans for Fair Taxation is a nonprofit grassroots organization that is nonpartisan and it concentrates on one issue and its purpose is to educate the public about the FairTax acting" He conducted a letter writing campaign to try to persuade members of Congress to reform the tax code.
