Commentary: Doing away with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) 16 Articles

by Frank Ball

Are We Mindless Puppets ? The day was Thursday December 16th, 1773, frustrated over heavily imposed taxes, a band of men held what we know today as the "Boston Tea Party". Had they or any of our founding-fathers been ca...read more

by Ken Hoagland

There has been much misunderstanding-deliberate ly promoted by income tax system defenders recently-about the effects of the FairTax on different income segments of the taxpaying public. Let's clear the air a bit. The g...read more

by Michael Greaney

Proposals to eliminate taxation should be viewed with great suspicion. The fact is that most Americans lack significant private property in the means of production. They therefore lack the political power that inevitably...read more

by Patrick Henningsen

Imagine this: In real terms our dollar is worth a poultry 4 cents of what it was worth in 1900. How is this true? And what does this have to do with my Federal Income Tax? On the surface, of course, it does not add up. ...read more

by Ronald Passmore

Would you like "say goodbye to the IRS"? There is an extraordinary Plan that is gaining support both with the Public, and more importantly, with State and National Leaders. This plan effectively * Replaces t...read more

by Andrew Novick

On an emotional level I like the Fair Tax idea but that doesn't overcome its obvious problems. The number one problem that I envision is that, as 23% or higher sales tax, it will be devastating to consumption. You just ...read more

by Adjusted Basis

The IRS, or "theirs" is the biggest scam created by the United States government. In fact the reason the United states formed was to rebel against British taxation on the 13 colonies. After that taxes were amended into t...read more

by Larone Mckinley

The (IRS) INSTITUTION OF FEAR "Happy New Year", but is it. With the coming of each January, comes the beginning of a new opportunity for the The Government. What was once a government "for the people and by the people...read more

by Steven Eads

Not long ago, i signed up for a course in income tax preparation for a major tax preparation firm. There are three parts to this course, and I have completed about half of part one. The book for part one alone is about t...read more

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by Wilson Hatcher

Can we safely say good bye to the IRS, can our government still operate with out it, the answer is yes. The IRS collects all direct taxes, with the passage of the 16th amendment, this gave congress the power to collect tax...read more

by NetJr

The Internal Revenue service can be terminated and should be as well. It is necessary thanks only to an enormous tax code. That code should simply be replaced with a single page document. That document would be given to...read more

by Rick Fontes

Taxes are necessary in organized society however the IRS is not. Whenever a group of people band together for mutual support they require and expect a certain level of leadership and services to be provided by entities th...read more

by Jim Kuenzer

Who pays income taxes? Everybody with an income? What about drug dealers? They make good money, but do they get taxed? Nope. But drug dealers, like the rest of the American work force, buy stuff. Convince The Powers That B...read more

by Kathleen Shaeffer

What is it About Crime? What is it about crime that is so interesting? Since I was about 14, I have been enthralled with reading and watching anything on crimes. Mostly are the ones of a murderous kind. I think that m...read more

by Ronald Gibson

We need to repeal the 16th Amendment in order for the this to work. The biggest reason for this is that it effectively weakened the protections of the fourth amendment. Our founders did not believe the government had a rig...read more

by Yves St.OuiRain

Of course the IRS should be abolished! It is another form of socialism, or, redistribution of wealth. A flat tax or national sales tax are the only rational alternatives. This will be an uphill battle because all the bu...read more