instead of funding the irs, the republicans are for private companies retrieving taxes from deadbeats. why not give the irs the funding to do it themselves? they have the actual legal right to access confidential information. this isn't like privatizing school janitors or bus drivers. i know that they think they are pretty slick bypassing the unions, but bypassing the irs should be illegal.
2007-10-10 06:20:12 · 7 answers · asked by tomjohn2 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
ex dem-watch c span.
2007-10-10 07:11:31 · update #1
I agree with a little of what [fredo] said, but I don't believe in a "flat tax" because it hurts people of low income and ain't enough for the upper incomers. With that said I also don't believe in the present system of taxing income either. What I do see as the best compromise is the sales tax on certain goods. Limit it to unnecessary goods like : restaurant dinning, new cars/boats and high-end clothes etc.
Not things like : natural gas, electric, water/sewer and food. These should be necessities and not an extra tax.
But if I wanted a more perfect world I would eliminate the IRS completely.
2007-10-10 08:36:49 · answer #1 · answered by chuck b 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The IRS, along with being overpriced, monstrously large and ineffective, is a perfect example of the inefficiency of federal government. Instead of spending billions on a massive federal agency which is essentially allowed to make policies contrary to those laws passed by Congress, some republicans (or libertarians, like myself) favor relying on a more simple tax system (the Flat Tax, the Fair Tax), or on privatizing the collection process (and presumably doing away with the complicated withholding and allowance system). Also, some favor doing away with the income tax and moving to a national sales tax, which would tax spending and consumption as opposed to earning and production.
2007-10-10 13:42:52 · answer #2 · answered by fredo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think most of them are for reform of the tax code which would necessitate scaling back of the IRS.
2007-10-10 13:24:48 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
The IRS is comprised of a bunch of morons who could not get finance/accounting jobs in the private sector.
2007-10-10 13:23:33 · answer #4 · answered by I Laugh At Morons 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Why are taxes so high that so many Americans have trouble paying them?
2007-10-10 13:25:15 · answer #5 · answered by Stereotypemebecauseyouknow 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Easier to cook the books.
2007-10-10 13:24:09 · answer #6 · answered by avail_skillz 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Sources please.
2007-10-10 13:34:51 · answer #7 · answered by The prophet of DOOM 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋