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Ted Cruz: 'We need to padlock and shut down' the IRS
WASHINGTON EXAMINER ^ | JULY 1, 2013 - 6:10PM | STEVE CONTORNO

Posted on 07/02/2013 4:06:09 AM PDT by onyx

Sen. Ted Cruz is joining Tea Party activists in calling on Congress to abolish the Internal Revenue Service as the freshman lawmaker made the case from tax reform.

The Texas Republican on Monday said news that the IRS targeted the nonprofit applications of conservative-leaning political groups was an "inspiration" because of how it has sparked "normal American citizens that are standing up for liberty." In the wake of the IRS scandal, Tea Party groups have repeatedly called for the agency to close its doors, and Cruz, a hero of the conservative movement, echoed their sentiments.

"It is a challenge that we all face to limit the power of Washington," Cruz said. "After these revelations of political targeting by the IRS, we need to padlock and shut down the building, abolish the IRS, and move to a flat tax or the FAIR Tax."

Leaders in Congress have publicly expressed a willingness to tackle tax reform, though it seems that Democrats and Republicans every year express similar sentiments without any action. Earlier in the day, a new government study showed profitable corporations paid an effective income tax rate lower than 13 percent in 2010, sparking calls from both sides of the aisle to take another look at the tax code.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: americanhero; americanpatriot; fairtax; flattax; hero; irs; patriot; shutitdown; tedcruz; texas; unfairtax
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To: MrB

Who’s your FRiend?
C’mon whoooose your FRiend?

I like Cruz, Bill Murray not so much anymore. Murray and his SNL Useful Idiot cohorts facilitated significant demoralization toward the systemic corruption of this Republic.


41 posted on 07/02/2013 5:52:55 AM PDT by TArcher ("TO SECURE THESE RIGHTS, governments are instituted among men" -- Does that still work?)
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To: Flintlock
The house does have the power to appropriate funds.

Love Ted, he’z doing a great job. Now, introduce legislation that would begin the dismantling of the IRS.

Get with conservatives in the house and begin the push. One can propose till they are blue in the face, introduce a bill and cause other moderate committee chairs and members to be forced to support of foo foo.

In which case, if these members foo foo a bill...we can weed’em out.

42 posted on 07/02/2013 5:56:13 AM PDT by servantboy777
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To: TArcher

Stay away from people with umbrellas!


43 posted on 07/02/2013 5:56:18 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: onyx

IRS is a good start, but add the EPA, dept. of Education, BATFE, and just about every other agency that doesn’t directly contribute to our defense or law enforcement, and turn over most of everything left to the states.


44 posted on 07/02/2013 5:57:19 AM PDT by Wildbill22 (They have us surrounded again, the poor bastards- Gen Creighton Williams Abrams)
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To: servantboy777

With a NRST instead of an income tax, the IRS could be 1/10th the size it is and be prohibited from having contact with individual citizens.

Businesses would collect sales tax like they currently do, and they’d be subject to audit, but not the consumer.


45 posted on 07/02/2013 5:57:57 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: depressed in 06

Cruz makes me proud to be a native Texan.


46 posted on 07/02/2013 6:01:16 AM PDT by TexGrill (Don't mess with Texas)
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To: onyx

Hey Cruz, get back to me when that windmill actually falls. The IRS will NEVER be abolished in this country. The scandal is over. The MSM has stopped covering it. Congress likes the IRS since it is the biggest wealth transfer system ever devised. Congress writes law(s) that benefits big business and then big business rewards them with contributions.


47 posted on 07/02/2013 6:07:34 AM PDT by mad_as_he$$
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To: TArcher
I hope Cruz takes care of his health so we have him around restoring OURS for a long time.

Make no mistake, when people like Cruz want to demolish the IRS, there are those that want him dead. Nothing, and I mean NOTHING would surprise me with this criminal enterprise we call the U.S. government.

48 posted on 07/02/2013 6:11:46 AM PDT by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal The 16th Amendment!)
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To: unixfox

"I charge you to undertake your citizenship with a solemn dedication. Be a leader, but lead only toward the best. Lift up every task you do and every office you hold to the high level of service to God and to your fellowman. So live and serve that those who know you will be inspired to better living. We have too many who use their strength and their brains to exploit others and to gain selfish ends. I charge you to be among those who dedicate their skills and abilities to the common good. Build America on the solid foundations of clean living, honest work, unselfish citizenship and reverence for God, and, whatever others may say or do, you will leave behind you a record of which every Scout may be justly proud."


I don't know if Cruz is an Eagle Scout or not.  Based on a quick Google search I don't see that he is. 

But - he sure is what more of us who are, should've been.

Folks like Cruz inspire others to be better.  That by itself will put a political cross-hair on him.  May God bless him.

49 posted on 07/02/2013 6:20:46 AM PDT by TArcher ("TO SECURE THESE RIGHTS, governments are instituted among men" -- Does that still work?)
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To: onyx
Finish what the British started in August 1814.
50 posted on 07/02/2013 6:40:44 AM PDT by DTogo (High time to bring back The Sons of Liberty !!)
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To: DTogo

51 posted on 07/02/2013 6:50:49 AM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: onyx

I’m all for abolishing the IRS but if implementing a flat tax or fair tax includes deductions or allowances, we will still be in the same boat as we are in now. I’d prefer a national sales tax, collected at the retail point of sale and no exceptions. That would keep the percentage lower and would not require reporting any incomes and eliminate most record keeping. Also, the 16th Amendment would have to be repealed.


52 posted on 07/02/2013 6:57:04 AM PDT by upsdriver ( Palin/West '16)
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To: onyx

National sales tax in place of income tax widens the base by netting tax revenue from illegal aliens, off-the-books workers etc...

It makes sense so of course, the liberals are against it.


53 posted on 07/02/2013 7:04:37 AM PDT by Personal Responsibility (Government: Slimy used car salesmen writing laws forcing you to buy their cars)
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To: o2bfree

He gives me hope. It is time to bury this party and restart. He would be a great leader to get the ball rolling.


54 posted on 07/02/2013 7:34:01 AM PDT by Phillyred
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To: Hostage

I skimmed the info at the link.

They say the fair tax percentage can’t be changed.

Question:

but if the fair tax is a federal retail tax; how does it differ from a regular sales tax whose percentage can (and has) change?


55 posted on 07/02/2013 7:36:05 AM PDT by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57 returning after lurking since 2000))
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To: yldstrk
shut it down

These people targeted citizens based on their political beliefs... that's against the law. Shutting them down isn't enough....

56 posted on 07/02/2013 7:57:11 AM PDT by GOPJ (... liberal anger - - the privileged wheeze of entitled brats ... Greenfield)
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To: onyx

Cruz is the best bet for 2016, in my book.


57 posted on 07/02/2013 8:00:59 AM PDT by Tau Food (Never give a sword to a man who can't dance.)
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To: mad_as_he$$
Hey Cruz, get back to me when that windmill actually falls. ... Congress writes law(s) that benefits big business and then big business rewards them with contributions.

this. It's easy to talk and get people excited or angry. It's much, much harder to put forward a plan. I've seen a lot of talk out of Cruz but little action.
58 posted on 07/02/2013 8:25:06 AM PDT by HenryArmitage (it was not meant that we should voyage far.)
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To: onyx

Not to mention, prosecute the criminals working there.


59 posted on 07/02/2013 8:28:59 AM PDT by Neoliberalnot (Marxism works well only with the uneducated and the unarmed.)
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To: WildHighlander57

The Fairtax as a tax code has many components, from revenue collection to tax court to enforcement.

The revenue provision of the FairTax is called the National Retail Sales Tax (NRST). Note importantly that it is a ‘retail tax’ on retail goods and retail services.

Retail does not include used items or any services or goods that are sold by one business to another business. The NRST is levied on the consumer or end user. For example, Boeing can sell jets to United Airlines and United will never pay a tax. But the consumers or end-users of United’s services will pay the NRST.

The NRST rate will be voted every year when Congress convenes. Everyone will see how their member of Congress voted; it will be completely transparent. if any

So once the yearly change is made to the NRST, that will be the yearly rate for all retail goods and services within the United States and its territories.

There’s a lot more but that should answer your question.


60 posted on 07/02/2013 10:57:08 AM PDT by Hostage (Be Breitbart!)
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