Watching a good idea enter the corridors of government is like dropping a seed into a desert: There's so much potential there, with virtually no chance of taking root. So it is with a proposal in the House of Representatives to overhaul the tax system and, importantly, abolish the abusive and intrusive Internal Revenue Service. Unfortunately, the very things that make that tax agency so widely despised by the public make it highly prized by politicians.
"Instead of adding 87,000 new agents to weaponize the IRS against small business owners and middle America, this bill will eliminate the need for the department entirely by simplifying the tax code with provisions that work for the American people and encourage growth and innovation," Rep. Buddy Carter (R–Ga.) announced of his proposed Fair Tax Act. "Armed, unelected bureaucrats should not have more power over your paycheck than you do."
