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Re: DeSantis Vows to Abolish IRS, Advocates Flat Tax in Presidential Bid Amidst Stif
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Gyfts
on 07/02/2024, 14:10:50 UTC
This came at the tail end when he knew it was a lost cause and was forced to say outlandish things as a last ditch effort.
by outlandish you mean "not a good idea" or "an idea with merit but probably wont happen"?

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Ted Cruz recited the same lines in 2016.
they should be held accountable for saying things and not following through. especially if they get into office. there should be a stiff penalty. Shocked

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The United States is a country which tries to keep their annual inflation at 2%, printing more buck for them not to tax people would make inflation to go up way beyond those 2 percent.
but people would keep all their money. imagine how much more money people would have in their bank accounts. plus no more complicated tax returns. priceless

As in an idea with merit but probably won't happen.

Americans have no idea how much power they've given their executive branch over the last decades. The IRS is just a weaponization tool against the common working man. The elites will pay whoever they need to pay to work around the system because they can afford it.