Posted on 06/20/2013 9:35:57 AM PDT by celmak
Hours before the House Appropriations Committee held a hearing on political targeting at the Internal Revenue Service, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) had a simple solution to the agency’s problems — get rid of it altogether.
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Got to be fast in this game! :-)
I'm off to take my nap.....
Check out the “Fair Tax” at
WWW.fairtax.org
Well, as the old saying goes, "Texas isn't so much a place, as a state of mind." Welcome, friend.
Would I rather a flat-rate tax on income than another graduated/socialistic* (and therefore by its nature more complex) system? Yes.
The more complex things are the greater the opportunity for abuse. A flat-rate is so dead simple that that morons can use it.
* That stupid prebate idea.
Except Congress won't be able to stop themselves from mucking it up over time ... little carve-out for this here, little exemption for this there. It will morph back into what we have, IMO. 25% IRS is still too much.
The Progressives will not be satisfied unless they can charge the rich a higher rate.
Come to think of it, that may be how they introduce us to the beast.
You will have to carry a buying permit based on your income or wealth, in order to identify your tax rate.
Thank you... ;>)
Why on Earth would we want the progressives to be satisfied?
I don’t give a fig whether they are satisfied or not, and neither should any Conservative care about them except to dismantle the communist mess they’re trying to establish in our country.
Let them kick and scream and roll around on the floor. The plain fact is that “the rich” will pay higher taxes because they spend more money.
Best. Idea. Ever.
What I like about Senator Cruz, is that he ticks off my enemies. I heard him on Rush’s show yesterday and was so happy to be able to vote for him twice already. If he keeps that up, he will always get my votes.
Yes. I'm rather new in tax philosophy, but I am a states rights enthusiast. What do you think about the states initially taking over responsibility of collecting taxes and finish existing audits? This should pacify the various State Society of CPA’s, the AICPA, the CMA’s and alllllll the various attorneys that lobby; they'd go home to do their jobs instead of staying in D.C.!
What the heck is wrong with folks, end education, end EPA, that just feeds the story line - republicans want dirty water and stupid kids. For forty years (40) education in America run by democRATS has fueled that message and smart guys like Cruz are not helping. Fix the IRS make it simple but END it??? Low information people are not smart enough to figure out what would be next!!
It's better to just ABOLISH the federal income tax system. Then downsize.
A final act would be to rename it something else.
State tax collectors are even more unreasonable.
I don't trust Warren.
Inasmuch as our biggest economic problem is higher and higher levels of productivity, we will soon reach a point where we are the world's lowest cost producer of most everything.
Mechanization, automation, computerization, robotics and improved work methods are displacing human workers by the millions every year.
We need to be prepared so that when we are the lowest cost producer we can pass the tax burden along to the foreign buyers!
Currently we can't, but that makes no sense.
Those jobs start at about GS 12 where they are no longer eligible for overtime.
The people reviewing applications for non-profit are not in the same wage board categories as brick layers and hod carriers ~ they far higher than that.
Most IRS employees are not agents and have nothing to do with making decisions.
Don't you ever check out the statistical drivel spoon fed by the MSM and their wannabees?
Getting rid of this stuff ~ tax filings ~ is all confidential, so you don't just hire a trash company to come in and scoop it up. Taxpayers prefer secure storage and secure destruction.
I'm not going to refrain from pointing out flaws in his plans just because he has a little R next to his name. That kind of thinking is what has flushed this country down the drain.
I wouldn't stab him the back like the GOP does to conservatives. I would attack directly and openly.
And what does Ted Cruz have to do with the Presidency? He's not eligible. He would make a fine Senate Majority Leader or Texas Governor though.
What makes you think I do?
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