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Politically the IRS is an easy target, but the true culprit is the 16th amendment to the Constitution. Aside from allowing Congress to create the IRS and the truly indecipherable tax code it has done enormous damage to the founding principles of the country.

Those, like John McCain, who yearn for campaign finance control don’t reveal that it is the power given to congress through the 16th amendment that causes people to attempt to influence lawmakers with financial contributions. It’s not the money that corrupts it’s that power that people are trying to mitigate that corrupts. It also allows for the redistribution of income thereby segregating the population into payers and slackers. The class envy that ensues is corrosive.

The indecipherable tax code loosens citizens attachment to the country’s law. This disrespect for the law is the one place that the political institutions of the country are in most peril. President Lincoln pointed this out in his Lyceum Speech.

Although there is much to disagree with in the opinion of Congressman Paul, he is generally correct on this topic.

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It’s not the money that corrupts it’s that power that people are trying to mitigate that corrupts. It also allows for the redistribution of income thereby segregating the population into payers and slackers. The class envy that ensues is corrosive.

Agreed. In fact, Paul says the same in this excellent, IMO, piece:

Political Power and the Rule of Law