[Taxman]

Well, Senator Cruz speaks of a “flat tax” when he speaks to “liquidating” the IRS.

I sincerely hope he gets his facts and figures straight, because, the “flat tax” cannot and will not “liquidate” the IRS!

If anything, the “flat tax” will make the IRS even MORE abusive of our civil liberties and even more intrusive into our most private economic affairs.

Having said all that, Senator Cruz became a co-sponsor of S. 155, the FairTax act of 2015 on Mar 10, 2015.

I sincerely hope that when Senator Cruz speaks of the “flat tax” he is really referring to the FairTax, which as you folks all know, is a FLAT RATE National Retail Sales Tax. Please see http://www.fairtax.org to obtain more information about the FairTax.

Senator Cruz will now have to speak of the FairTax in a learned and erudite manner, and he MUST get the FAirTax message out to ALL Americans if he is to be successful.

I sure do hope that he has hired some forward thinking economic advisors who believe in the FairTax and can keep him appraised of and sell the message that all Americans will benefit when FairTax becomes law of the land!

[xzins]

A flat tax would not be part of an effort to get rid of the IRS. They would be separate actions.

Would the nation still need an accounting and collections arm? Yes.

But getting rid of the IRS and rewriting the new accounting/collection bureau would kill billions of pages of legalese, change the dynamic of IRS abuse, and get those trained in a culture of self-serving abuse out of government and out of our lives.

[SoConPubbie]

Before you comment on this issue, please educate yourself completely on what Senator Cruz position is on this issue.

If you'll watch a rerun of the Hannity show from last night you will find out that he actually stated that his first choice is the Fairtax, but that there was too much opposition to that type of sales tax right now so he was going to support the flat tax first, and a good middle of the road solution. He is not against the flat tax, he is for both, whichever would make it to his POTUS desk for his signature.

[SoConPubbie]

Well, Senator Cruz speaks of a “flat tax” when he speaks to “liquidating” the IRS.

I sincerely hope he gets his facts and figures straight, because, the “flat tax” cannot and will not “liquidate” the IRS!

Before you comment on this issue, please educate yourself completely on what Senator Cruz position is on this issue.

If you'll watch a rerun of the Hannity show from last night you will find out that he actually stated that his first choice is the Fairtax, but that there was too much opposition to that type of sales tax right now so he was going to support the flat tax first, and a good middle of the road solution. He is not against the flat tax, he is for both, whichever would make it to his POTUS desk for his signature.

[skinkinthegrass]

*YAY!*
and don't forget the
other abuses of power.