I'd rather get rid of the slave tax and the IRS goon squad. Eliminating the income tax is step one to restoring our Republic and reclaiming our freedom. Once the feds are defunded, the rest of the unconstitutional federal behemoth begins to crumble. Defund the beast, defang it, and drive a stake through its heart. This is what the Republican Party should stand for! Long live the Republic!
Jim, I want to get rid of the IRS, their GOON SQUAD, and have a smaller government, as much as you do and for a longer amount of time. The insurmountable problem, here, is that a consumption tax won't do all that much to bring about what we ALL want. It WOULD bring about consiquences, as I have already explained, that would be extremely detrimental.
President Bush wants to make his death tax eviseration perminant. I want him to do that too ! Ditto the rest of that agenda. But ... think what a consumption tax would REALLY do . It might get rid of THIS form of the IRS ; however, some other such entity would , of necessity , have to replace it.
You want to defund the governemnt; so do I, to some extent. If it was completely defunded, how could it support the military ? Tarrifs , alone, on top of a consumption tax isn't going to " cut it ".
LONG LIVE OUR REPUBLIC !
If I read the article correctly, Bush is proposing another "simplification" of the tax code, not the abolishment of it. The last time this happened under Reagan, the citizens eventually took it in the shorts.
Until I hear the word "repeal" and "IRS" or "tax code" in the same sentence, I think it'll just be another make work project for laywers and accountants.