Ron Paul wants to get rid of the IRS, well then, something's gotta give, right? If not, convince me, I want to be wrong.
2007-11-09 23:12:59 · 6 answers · asked by ? 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Taxes ➔ United States
Easy, they will just tax something else.
Let's get real here, the IRS is not going away.
2007-11-09 23:25:12 · answer #1 · answered by Steve 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ron Paul can't get rid of the IRS because someone has to collect the taxes under the system he proposes. About the best he could do is have it renamed. Maybe the government could have a bake sale.
2007-11-10 13:07:15 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ron Paul is a politician. Politicians are experts at telling us what they think we want to hear.
Mr Paul thinks that slamming the IRS and promising to get rid of it will get him votes. Unfortunately the replacement for the income tax will only benefit the wealthy since he wants to replace our graduated income tax with a 30% national sales tax on virtually every dime you spend. Buy a new $200,000 home and pay $60,000 in additional tax. Buy a new $20,000 car and cut a check for $6,000 more when you tag it on top of whatever your state charges you.
Good idea? If you're hideously wealthy, maybe, since the rich hang on to their wealth instead of spending it. But for the average working stiff, it would cream them financially.
BTW, whom does he think would collect the tax? Yep, the good old IRS, that's who! Might give it a new name but it would be the same trolls doing the same scat work that they do now just with different forms and probably scary new powers to try and catch tax cheats. No thanks!
I won't be voting for the fool.
2007-11-10 08:47:55 · answer #3 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Ron Paul is saying what he thinks will get him votes. He leaves out replacing the income tax with a tax on consumption...sales tax on everything. I will not vote for him.
2007-11-10 07:21:40 · answer #4 · answered by regerugged 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you don't have Income Tax then you'd rely on Sales Taxes. Virtually everything we buy is taxed so the Government still has a substantial tax base.
2007-11-10 08:51:46 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Every election cycle, worms come out of the woodwork proposing "tax reform." The fact is that little ever changes.
2007-11-10 09:23:33 · answer #6 · answered by npk 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋