GOP in Congress urge shutdown of tax-collecting IRS [View all]

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The Republican Study Committee, which counts over two-thirds of House of Representatives Republicans as its members, called recently for "the complete elimination of the IRS."
The committee's support for this idea, once confined to the fringes of conservative ideology, suggests it is more widely accepted on Capitol Hill than ever.

... the committee says simply: "This proposal takes the bold step of calling for the complete elimination of the IRS. Tax collection and enforcement activities would be moved to a new, smaller and more accountable department at the Treasury."
No further specifics were offered for how to replace an agency that is already part of Treasury, collected $3.3 trillion in revenue in 2015, and processed 240 million tax returns.

Congress has cut the IRS's budget 17 percent in real terms since 2010 ...
Republican Representative Rob Woodall of Georgia has introduced a bill every year since he entered Congress in 2011 to eliminate income taxes and abolish the IRS.
Support for Woodall's bill has grown to 73 co-sponsors, including the heads of the House tax and budget committees, but it has never advanced.

(So, how would Republicans fund the U.S. government? Just like their plans to eliminate Obamacare, they have nothing with which to replace it.)

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-taxes-congress-idUSKCN0XT0TF