[Maceman]

"The cost of enforcing the \par IRS (Internal Revenue Service) is over $1 trillion a year," \par King said during a visit to Council Bluffs. "We're consuming 9 percent of our Gross National Product just with the IRS. It's time to get rid of income taxes, implode the entire thing."

He needs to provide a source for this data. I'd love to see one.

[Maceman]

"The cost of enforcing the \par IRS (Internal Revenue Service) is over $1 trillion a year," \par King said during a visit to Council Bluffs. "We're consuming 9 percent of our Gross National Product just with the IRS. It's time to get rid of income taxes, implode the entire thing."

I support getting rid of the income tax, but this $1 trillion a year seems way out of whack. That would mean that almost half of the federal budget would be going to IRS enforcement, and I just don't by it. He might be adding in the loss of productivity, and the cost that people pay accountants and advisorts, but he needs to say that if he has the numbers to back it up.