Quote:By "senator" you mean, Senior Fantastico, right?

 

I think there were basically 2 different conversations going on at the same time.  I'm not sure that because I was discussing 2 different topics means anything was contradictory...

 

I'd suggest going back and re-reading the thread...  The discussion of sub contractors in the construction industry in New Mexico and the discussion of employees and the high cost of calculating and accounting for income tax withholding (or specifically the ease and relative low cost of such administrative costs) are 2 separate and non-contradictory discussions.

 

As for the IRS and the function of that institution, it's pretty much protected by the Constitution.  I believe its within Article 1, which states that the government has the right and duty to impose taxes to provide for the defense and general welfare of the country...  

 

So this concept of abolishing the IRS is just ridiculous.

 

Also, the IRS was NOT established in the Articles of the constitution.  The concept of general taxation vs. the income tax and internal revenue code are not contiguous.  In Fact early attempts to establish an income tax were ruled unconstitutional in the late 19th century.  In order for the federal government to have effective jurisdiction to tax individual income they would have to pass an amendment to the constitution.  

 

The IRS as we know it today was established by the 16th amendment to the constitution.   

 

If gives the State the right to collect the tax not a mandate.  A single act of congress could abolish the income tax and shutter the IRS.  Future congresses would only need to pass an act to reopen the matter but its not as set in stone as a foundational mandate of our framers.  If John Adams and Thomas Jefferson saw a 1040 they'd start gearing up for a second revolution.  

 

The better question is, why are you talking about abolition of the tax code?  I wasn't.  I was just stating the basic ways that it restrains growth for businesses.  When it was first passed it only affected the wealthiest in the country at a rate lower than double digits.  Amazing how things change over time isn't it?

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