On Tax Day, Ted Cruz Calls for Abolishing the Internal Revenue Service
Jake Thomas - Yesterday 5:55 PMAs taxpayers hurry to finish up their returns for the April 18 Tax Day deadline, Senator Ted Cruz revived one of his longstanding dreams: no more Internal Revenue Service.
The Texas Republican took to Twitter on Monday to propose doing away with the main federal agency responsible for collecting taxes. Cruz's tweet isn't the first time he, or other Republicans, have floated the idea. He also wasn't the only member of his party to use Tax Day to say it's time to end the agency and abiding Republican target.
"Abolish the IRS," wrote Cruz in a terse tweet that used the #TaxDay hashtag and offered no further specifics for how his idea would play out.
On Tax Day 2014, the conservative Republican tweeted a link to a clip from The Simpsons in which Homer boos the IRS headquarters. The tweet included the hashtag #AbolishTheIRS.
A year later, Cruz drew heavy attention on social media after bashing the IRS during a Republican presidential debate. "Washington is fundamentally corrupt," said Cruz. "There are more words in the IRS code than there are in the Bible. And not a one of them is as good."
As it has positioned itself as a tax-averse party, the GOP's approach to the IRS has ranged from suspicious to outright contempt. Congressional Republicans in 2014 secured $350 million in cuts to the IRS as part of a budget deal.
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