Abolish the IRS, replace it with nothing.
Only one candidate, Mike Huckabee, has a plan on taxes.
FairTax on twinkies, cigarettes, and trans-fats...yeah he has a plan alright.
Give me specifics, not fantasies.
Paul says the way to abolish the IRS is to cut government spending by 40%.
How will Paul get those spending cuts through a Democrat congress? Hell, how would he get them through a Republican congress? Again, give me the specifics, and I don't mean that lame bill Paul introduces each term proposing to repeal the 16th Amendment.
How could Paul's "plan" be accomplished immediately? If no immediately, how would it be phased in? Again, give me the specifics.
When will people realize most of the "Big L" Libertarians have no plans. They are the political equivalent of Yasser Arafat. They derive power by complaining, not doing. Once you actually have a plan, you might actually have to implement it, and then, heaven forbid, you might actually be held accountable. The reason Paul has no official tax plan the same reason Arafat did not sign the peace deal with Ehud Barak. Because if Arafat signed the treaty then Arafat would actually be held accountable. If Paul had a tax plan, he would actually be held accountable. Because Paul does, like Arafat did, derive power from complaining rather than leading.
This is the real reason the LP hates the Fair Tax. They see it as a threat to their power base. Getting freedom back to people is not the goal of the LP. Getting freedom back to people is single biggest threat to the reason for the existence of the LP.
Paul is all talk. Big Hat, No Cattle. Like the LP, he fears leadership, and draws power by complaining. He complains about what is wrong, but offers no concrete plans to fix it. It is an interesting testimony in the same metro area Paul calls home, a group of people put their money and effort to research a new tax system. They have done more, in money and effort, than the Libertarian Party has done in its 36 years of existence. They have drawn more people at a single Fair Tax rally than the Libertarian Party has drawn at all of its presidential nominating conventions combined.
I stand by my comment. Huckabee is the only candidate who has endorsed a specific tax plan. Thompson is a close second, suggesting either the latest Flat Tax proposal or the Fair Tax should be considered. Every other candidate, including Paul, has not offered any specific alternative tax plan.