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RE: Ted Cruz: ‘Abolish the IRS’ Nice to hear that but let’s think for a moment... WE STILL NEED A REVENUE COLLECTING AGENCY. So, put your thinking caps on and PROPOSE a system that de-fangs the IRS, making it IMPOSSIBLE to harass ordinary citizens, yet, allow revenue collection. Don’t just shout slogans. Slogans sound nice but it won’t resonate without a good counter-proposal.

Let's read the article for a moment.

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“I think we ought to abolish the IRS and instead move to a simple flat tax where the average American can fill out taxes on postcard,” he explained in a Fox News interview over the weekend. “Put down how much you earn, put down a deduction for charitable contributions, home mortgage and how much you owe. It ought to be a simple one-page postcard, and take the agents, the bureaucracy out of Washington and limit the power of government.” Cruz proposed a flat tax during the 2012 election, but he said he would keep a standard deduction for lower-income earners, as well as deductions for mortgage interest and charitable donations.

“I think we ought to abolish the IRS and instead move to a simple flat tax where the average American can fill out taxes on postcard,” he explained in a Fox News interview over the weekend. “Put down how much you earn, put down a deduction for charitable contributions, home mortgage and how much you owe. It ought to be a simple one-page postcard, and take the agents, the bureaucracy out of Washington and limit the power of government.” Cruz proposed a flat tax during the 2012 election, but he said he would keep a standard deduction for lower-income earners, as well as deductions for mortgage interest and charitable donations.

It's still an tax on wages and salaries which is completely unconstitutional, anti-American, anti-prosperity and downright evil. It's nobodies business how much money I earn, especially the criminal government.

That postcard is still evidence that can be used against yourself which is a violation of the 5th Amendment. You will still need a massive bureaucracy to make sure people aren't lying on that card and armed agents to go after people that do.

Scrap the evil income tax altogether and don't replace it with anything. If the government can not raise enough money with excise taxes and tariffs they can always ask for voluntary donations.