Leo Hubbard
Aug 2, 2004, 01:00 AM
Ok odds are this won't get passed because they won't have the votes, but if they did...
REPUBLICANS PLAN PUSH FOR ELIMINATION OF IRS
**Exclusive**
A domestic centerpiece of the Bush/GOP agenda for a second Bush term is getting rid of the Internal Revenue Service, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned.
The Speaker of the House will push for replacing the nation's current tax system with a national sales tax or a value added tax, Hill sources tell DRUDGE.
"People ask me if I’m really calling for the elimination of the IRS, and I say I think that’s a great thing to do for future generations of Americans," Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert explains in his new book, to be released on Wednesday.
"Pushing reform legislation will be difficult. Change of any sort seldom comes easy. But these changes are critical to our economic vitality and our economic security abroad," Hastert declares in SPEAKER: LESSONS FROM FORTY YEARS IN COACHING AND POLITICS.
"“If you own property, stock, or, say, one hundred acres of farmland and tax time is approaching, you don’t want to make a mistake, so you’re almost obliged to go to a certified public accountant, tax preparer, or tax attorney to help you file a correct return. That costs a lot of money. Now multiply the amount you have to pay by the total number of people who are in the same boat. You can’t. No one can because precise numbers don’t exist. But we can stipulate that we’re talking about a huge amount. Now consider that a flat tax, national sales tax, or VAT would not only eliminate the need to do this, it could also eliminate the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) itself and make the process of paying taxes much easier."
"By adopting a VAT, sales tax, or some other alternative, we could begin to change productivity. If you can do that, you can change gross national product and start growing the economy. You could double the economy over the next fifteen years. All of a sudden, the problem of what future generations owe in Social Security and Medicare won’t be so daunting anymore. The answer is to grow the economy, and the key to doing that is making sure we have a tax system that attracts capital and builds incentives to keep it here instead of forcing it out to other nations."
http://drudgereport.com/rnc.htm
Odds are more likely than not that Drudge jumped the gun on this story way too fast. This is a Libertarian agenda and I don't think it is something the Republicans will want to actually run on. This would cost them too many votes.
The problem with this idea is first of all some people are independant self employed and need the tax write offs in order for their jobs to be worth doing in the first place. These people would need to receive at least 50 - 100% increase in gross profit or compensation to make up for the fact that they can no longer write off their expenses.
Another problem with this idea is ------ rich people, and not so rich people who have time on their hands, don't buy retail. And don't give me the "well if they buy wholesale and don't resale then they are responsible to fill out a special sales tax form for payment of those taxes at the end of the year" crapola, because there is no way the powers that be will chase down every single person who doesn't do that. It would be too hard to keep track of every item purchased by every person and then compare it to their sales to insure they paid sales tax on every item. One thing to keep track of major stores, but every citizen in the US. It ain't going to happen.
The third problem is that the majority of citizens in this country don't pay taxes because of the way the tax system is set up. Wouldn't take many commercials to get them all in the voting booths if they discovered suddenly, no more income redistribution. I mean, yes we need tax reform, there is too much taxes on those who earn it, and too many leaches. However, you don't go for it all in one jump, that is a guarantee of failing.
All of these political parties have idiots in control who don't know the meaning of the word moderation. Maybe we need a new third party "the realists"?
REPUBLICANS PLAN PUSH FOR ELIMINATION OF IRS
**Exclusive**
A domestic centerpiece of the Bush/GOP agenda for a second Bush term is getting rid of the Internal Revenue Service, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned.
The Speaker of the House will push for replacing the nation's current tax system with a national sales tax or a value added tax, Hill sources tell DRUDGE.
"People ask me if I’m really calling for the elimination of the IRS, and I say I think that’s a great thing to do for future generations of Americans," Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert explains in his new book, to be released on Wednesday.
"Pushing reform legislation will be difficult. Change of any sort seldom comes easy. But these changes are critical to our economic vitality and our economic security abroad," Hastert declares in SPEAKER: LESSONS FROM FORTY YEARS IN COACHING AND POLITICS.
"“If you own property, stock, or, say, one hundred acres of farmland and tax time is approaching, you don’t want to make a mistake, so you’re almost obliged to go to a certified public accountant, tax preparer, or tax attorney to help you file a correct return. That costs a lot of money. Now multiply the amount you have to pay by the total number of people who are in the same boat. You can’t. No one can because precise numbers don’t exist. But we can stipulate that we’re talking about a huge amount. Now consider that a flat tax, national sales tax, or VAT would not only eliminate the need to do this, it could also eliminate the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) itself and make the process of paying taxes much easier."
"By adopting a VAT, sales tax, or some other alternative, we could begin to change productivity. If you can do that, you can change gross national product and start growing the economy. You could double the economy over the next fifteen years. All of a sudden, the problem of what future generations owe in Social Security and Medicare won’t be so daunting anymore. The answer is to grow the economy, and the key to doing that is making sure we have a tax system that attracts capital and builds incentives to keep it here instead of forcing it out to other nations."
http://drudgereport.com/rnc.htm
Odds are more likely than not that Drudge jumped the gun on this story way too fast. This is a Libertarian agenda and I don't think it is something the Republicans will want to actually run on. This would cost them too many votes.
The problem with this idea is first of all some people are independant self employed and need the tax write offs in order for their jobs to be worth doing in the first place. These people would need to receive at least 50 - 100% increase in gross profit or compensation to make up for the fact that they can no longer write off their expenses.
Another problem with this idea is ------ rich people, and not so rich people who have time on their hands, don't buy retail. And don't give me the "well if they buy wholesale and don't resale then they are responsible to fill out a special sales tax form for payment of those taxes at the end of the year" crapola, because there is no way the powers that be will chase down every single person who doesn't do that. It would be too hard to keep track of every item purchased by every person and then compare it to their sales to insure they paid sales tax on every item. One thing to keep track of major stores, but every citizen in the US. It ain't going to happen.
The third problem is that the majority of citizens in this country don't pay taxes because of the way the tax system is set up. Wouldn't take many commercials to get them all in the voting booths if they discovered suddenly, no more income redistribution. I mean, yes we need tax reform, there is too much taxes on those who earn it, and too many leaches. However, you don't go for it all in one jump, that is a guarantee of failing.
All of these political parties have idiots in control who don't know the meaning of the word moderation. Maybe we need a new third party "the realists"?
