“I only recently read that there are right-wing nut-jobs who openly and earnestly demand the abolishment of the IRS.”.The IRS has been recently used as a political enforcement arm and it normally is under Democratic administrations. With a flat tax, there would be no need for these enforcement thugs and the government would be funded just fine. Unfortunately no IRS would mean no special tax breaks for sizable political contributions and greatly reduce the influence of money in politics.
“I only recently read that there are right-wing nut-jobs who openly and earnestly demand the abolishment of the IRS.”.The IRS has been recently used as a political enforcement arm and it normally is under Democratic administrations. With a flat tax, there would be no need for these enforcement thugs and the government would be funded just fine. Unfortunately no IRS would mean no special tax breaks for sizable political contributions and greatly reduce the influence of money in politics.