DeSantis says he would welcome bill to abolish 'corrupt' IRS: 'We need something totally different'

Fox News ^ | 27 May 23 | Kyle Morris

[Erik Latranyi]

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said he would be "welcoming" of a measure from Congress to defund the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) if he's elected president next year.

The comments from DeSantis, who officially announced this week that he would seek the Republican presidential nomination in 2024, came during a conversation with radio host and Second Amendment advocate Dana Loesch on The Dana Show.

During the interview, DeSantis was asked whether he would sign a measure from Congress to abolish the IRS through funding means, as well as what he would replace the system with.

"Are you for a fair tax, a flat tax, where do you stand on that?" Loesch asked DeSantis.

"So, the answer's yes. I think the IRS is a corrupt organization and I think it's not a friend to the average citizen or taxpayer," DeSantis responded. "We need something totally different."

I've supported all of the single rate proposals, I think they would be a huge improvement over the current system and I would be welcoming to take this tax system, chunk it out the window and do something that's more favorable to the average folks."

DeSantis, who has repeatedly taken aim at the IRS for its unfair practices and crackdown on the middle class, said last August that an effort from the Biden administration to expand the IRS with 87,000 new agents was an indication of disrespect.

"Of all the things that have come out of Washington that have been outrageous, this has got to be pretty close to the top," DeSantis said at the time. "I think it was basically just the middle finger to the American public, that this is what they think of you."

[Fledermaus]

Yeah, I don’t like that ad. Doesn’t point out what you posted.

BUT, a national sales tax just shifts the IRS from auditing individuals to businesses.

And politicians will screw the code up like the income tax exempting products for political reasons.

We don’t have an income tax in TN but the Sales Tax Dept is big. I’ve been business audited several times.

[Alberta's Child]

I don’t give Trump credit for success and blame others for his failures at all.

I didn’t support him in 2016 because I thought he’d be a great leader of CEO. I supported him because Ronald McDonald wasn’t on the ballot.

Nothing has changed in 2023.

[GulliverSwift]

Yep. This is just Tiny D saying anything that his interviewer wants to hear.