Someone has to collect and enforce the FAIR tax. The IRS is not the problem. Congress is the problem. Congress made the tax code the monster it is.
It is a typical politician's ploy to make laws so complex they are unworkable, and then blame the agency they put in charge.
People like John McCain, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid remain in office well beyond their expiration date because they can manipulate tax law to favor the interests of big money donors.
Ted -—and anyone else, for that matter-— will have a tough time getting any dramatic reform through Congress.