#341 The IRS vs. Congress

Collecting the taxes needed to keep the government running should not be a partisan process. Unfortunately, neither the politicians nor the IRS got the memo. Using the IRS as a political weapon dates back decades, but now there’s a new wrinkle. The IRS itself is now resisting Congressional oversight, and Congress is divided along party lines over how best to administer that oversight.

Passing the FAIRtax won’t eliminate the bitter partisan divide that exists in today’s Washington DC, but it will take the politics out of tax collection. It will also abolish the IRS forever.