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March 26, 2015

Abolish the IRS? Easy to say, but tough to do

  • It can be hard to imagine abolishing the IRS even if you are a down-with-big-government libertarian.
    • By PHILIP ELLIOTT
    Associated Press

    WASHINGTON — Promising to abolish the Internal Revenue Service is a good talking point for political candidates who are looking to fire up the Republicans' most conservative voters. It's also unlikely to ever happen, no matter how easy folks such as Sen. Ted Cruz like to make it sound.

    The Texas Republican is pledging to scrap the tax-collecting agency as he runs for the GOP presidential nomination in 2016. He joins potential contenders and the Republican National Committee itself in the decidedly longshot push to dismantle the unquestionably unpopular IRS.


     
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