April 12, 2024
Vote Out the IRS
By Jeffrey Folks
As the federal income tax deadline approaches, it’s time to reflect on how well the Internal Revenue Service is serving the American people, and whether we might do well to abolish it.
Recent polls reveal that 64% of Americans believe their taxes are too high. Perhaps an even greater percentage despise the IRS and support Republican efforts to abolish it. In January 2023, Rep. Buddy Carter (R-Ga.) introduced the Fair Tax Act, which included language to abolish the personal income tax and rein in the IRS.
But nothing has come of the Fair Tax Act, and even that bill would simply shift taxes from the personal income tax to a national consumption tax similar to European VAT taxes. America does not need another form of taxation, especially one where the level of tax can easily be raised, as with state sales taxes. What America needs is lower spending levels and the elimination of all taxes on individuals.
This country belongs to its citizenry, and they have the right to decide how they are taxed and how their taxes are spent. But for a very long time, they have not exercised that right.
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