[slowhandluke]

"Here is a government bureaucrat with his handy dandy 20,000 page manual to help you decide what is income."

You are right, there's no way to get rid of the IRS without getting rid of the income tax. The vast majority of tax law is about what is and what is not income.

A flat tax is only simple for wage earners. And it won't stay simple for long, as somebody will soon get elected by promising to tweak the income tax to reward their voters.

[Atlas Sneezed]

A flat tax is only simple for wage earners.

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And it’s not like there’s anything complex about tax brackets or deductions.

Elementary school arithmetic.