[Man50D]

It would take a constitutional amendment to assure us of the abolition of the IRS.

That is incorrect. It would only take passing The Fair Tax Act. Funding for the IRS will be eliminated by January 1, 2011, thereby abolishing the IRS. Title III Section 301 states the following:

This section governs the administration of the repealed federal taxes, including for example administering the last year of the income tax(i.e., handling refunds, audits and collections) during the period after its repeal, destroying all records relating to the income tax by the end of fiscal year 2011(except that those records necessary for the determination of Social Security Administration), and states that appropriations for the Internal Revenue Service shall not be authorized after January 1, 2011.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

destroying all records relating to the income tax by the end of fiscal year 2011(except that those records necessary for the determination of Social Security Administration), and states that appropriations for the Internal Revenue Service shall not be authorized after January 1, 2011.

The "payroll tax" for Social Security is an income tax, neither more nor less. It is a flat tax of sorts. If you retain that, you have the framing timbers of the IRS. Same as with the Flat Tax.