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The IRS v. The People

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Franklin D. Roosevelt originally founded the Internal Revenue Service on a temporary basis, simply to collect taxes during World War II. Unfortunately, over the past 40 years, the IRS has crept into the daily lives of all Americans, and has adopted the system of "guilty until proven innocent." This book, like so many others, documents with extreme accuracy the horrors inflicted onto innocent Americans by the absolute tyranny of the IRS. More than that, however, The IRS v. the People offers a simple solution to the status quo: a flat tax and/or a national sales tax. It seems simple enough, however there are too many in Congress who refuse to let such a fair and balanced tax system take over the IRS. Many feel the abuse of the current income tax is well justified and gives it to the wealthy and successful of this country. What they fail to recognize is that the income tax hurts all Americans. A flat tax would be fair and balanced, with a fixed percentage for all income to be taxed (17%). A national sales tax would offer the same relief. A national sales tax would silence the left who claim it would greatly favor the wealthy because those who buy yachts, boats, antiques, luxury cars, and townhomes in the Riviera are the wealthy! Either way you like at it, from the left or the right, a new tax system is needed to truly reflect the principles on which this great nation was established upon: liberty and equality.

One wonders why it took years of punitive taxes for policy wonks to arrive at this brilliant masterpiece. But as they say, better late than never. This little book provides an overview of the rationale behind the flat tax idea. It is the best solution I have seen to the monstrosity better know as the tax code. The flat tax is a credible and workable means for delivering the taxpayer from the current corrupt and complex tax laws. I recommend this book to every taxpayers that is tired of sacrificing more and more of their own hard-earned money to Uncle Sam and want to see sensibility and fairness restored to the system of taxation.

I disagree with this book. As a former Washington DC bureaucrat, I happen to know there are two sides to every story, depending on who you ask. This book only presents one side.