Republicans pushing to eliminate the IRS

[schwarzchildradius]

I'm convinced that Hastert wants this, but not so convinced that W does. He had absolutely no problem imposing a flat tax on Iraq, and look at the disaster that resulted. If a national flat tax/sales tax is passed the federal government might be finished-- it will certainly cease to exist as a representative of common people. A flat tax and/or sales tax w/o income tax will weaken the system by taking money out at the bottom, creating instability for the top. The final result would be a broke, fuedalist state with a totalitarian regieme.

 

[loseyourname]

A flat tax and/or sales tax w/o income tax will weaken the system by taking money out at the bottom, creating instability for the top. The final result would be a broke, fuedalist state with a totalitarian regieme.

Well that's a slippery-slope argument if I've ever heard one. You don't think there might be some necessary intermediate events between a flat tax and feudal totalitarianism?

 

[GENIERE]

Well that's a slippery-slope argument if I've ever heard one. You don't think there might be some necessary intermediate events between a flat tax and feudal totalitarianism?

No, it would take several days, the Internet would collapse in the process delaying the natural progression.