"James L. Payne demononstrates in Costly Returns that for every tax dollar the IRS collects, we pay 65 cents more in compliance and other costs. These costs - which as law abiding taxpayers you and I cannot escape - are never included in any discussion of IRS efficiency."
BTW: For your edification as well as that of others on your side of the argument I will include below a very inconvenient for your side quote from the cover of the of the above mentioned book:Thanks but you have once again ignored and used a pathetic dodge of the opportunity to present the sources of said data...Could it be you were lying?