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• In 1848, Karl Marx said, a progressive income tax is needed to transfer wealth and power to the state. Thus, Marx's Communist Manifesto had as its major economic tenet a progressive income tax. ... I say it is time to replace the progressive income tax with a national retail sales tax, and it is time to abolish the IRS.

  James Traficant

  Retail, Income, Wealth

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• I do think if we take the power out of Washington and bring it back to the people, if we defend the Bill of Rights, free speech, religious liberty, the Second Amendment, privacy, if we repeal Obamacare, abolish the IRS, if we get Washington out of the way of job creators, I think we can transform this country.

  Ted Cruz

  Country, Religious, Jobs

  Interview with Glenn Thrush, www.politico.com. July 18, 2016.

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• Anybody who is familiar with the historical data from the IRS knows that raising income tax rates will likely actually reduce federal revenues.

  Mike Pence

  Data, Historical, Income

  Interview with Christiane Amanpour, abcnews.go.com. November 7, 2010.

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• You'll note that politicians no longer spend money, they invest it. Don't worry about paying more to the [IRS]. You aren't being taxed; you're taking a plunge on a fly-by-night stock issue.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Night, Issues, Worry

  P. J. O'Rourke (2007). “Parliament of Whores: A Lone Humorist Attempts to Explain the Entire U.S. Government”, p.19, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• The high-handed bureaucratic excesses of the IRS are a national disgrace ... riding roughshod over the taxpayers and making a joke out of our rule of laws.

  Paul Laxalt

  Law, Riding, Excess

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• The IRS'll never sweat me or even put up a fight...
  Cause I'm sure I've paid more in taxes than you've made in yo' life!

  Ludacris

  Rap, Fighting, Sweat

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• Taking somebody's money without permission is stealing, unless you work for the IRS; then it's taxation. Killing people en masse is homicidal mania, unless you work for the Army; then it's National Defense. Spying on your neighbors is invasion of privacy, unless you work for the FBI; then it's National Security. Running a whorehouse makes you a pimp and poisoning people makes you a murderer, unless you work for the CIA; then it's counter-intelligence.

  Robert Anton Wilson

  Running, Army, People

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• This thought-provoking novel portrays the absurdity of our overbearing government bureaucracy with a story that is entertaining and fast-paced. The Taxman Cometh will become part of our national dialogue about taxes and freedom. And it’s funny as hell. Author Jim Greenfield is a cross between Ayn Rand and Monty Python. If enough people read this hilarious ‘man versus state’ book, the IRS will be put out of business, which is okay with me.

  Grover Norquist

  Book, Men, Python

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• I was going to start off tonight with an Obama joke but I don't want to get audited by the IRS.

  Jay Leno

  Tonight, Want, Jokes

  "Leno: 'I Was Going to Start Off Tonight With an Obama Joke But I Don't Want to Get Audited by the IRS'" by Noel Sheppard, www.newsbusters.org. May 14, 2013.

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• And to you taxpayers out there, let me say this: Make sure you file your tax return on time! And remember that, even though income taxes can be a 'pain in the neck,' the folks at the IRS are regular people just like you, except that they can destroy your life

  Dave Barry

  Pain, People, Return

  Dave Barry (2003). “Boogers Are My Beat: More Lies, but Some Actual Journalism”, p.114, Crown Archetype

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• The cost of taxpayer compliance with [the tax code] is over $80 billion per year, more than eight times the cost of the IRS budget

  Charles O. Rossotti

  Eight, Years, Cost

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• Every year I write a tax advice column and I used to always make fun of that. One year, one of my favorite IRS commissioners, I think his name was Roscoe somebody, wrote that one of the most often-asked questions by taxpayers was, "How can I contribute more?" Well, I tell ya, ol' Roscoe's really been doing situps under parked cars again. I've heard a lot of people ask a lot of questions about taxes, but I never heard anybody say, "How can I, the ordinary person, send more money for no reason?"

  Dave Barry

  Fun, Writing, Thinking

  "All I Think Is That It's Stupid". Interview with Glenn Garvin, reason.com. December, 1994.

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• Grandchildren: the only people who can get more out of you than the IRS.

  Gene Perret

  Grandchildren, Grandparent, People

  Gene Perret (2001). “Grandchildren Are So Much Fun We Should Have Had Them First”, Arizona Highways

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• Over and over again we learn that Obama nor any of his people high up in whatever bureaucracy can accomplish any of these things. They can't do a website. They can't roll out Obamacare. They can't improve health care. They can't run the VA. They can't run the IRS honestly. They turn as much of it as they can into a political weapon furthering the agenda of the president.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Running, Obamacare, People

  Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

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• Most people don't know this, but if you settle a debt for less than the amount you owed, you are potentially responsible for taxes on the forgiven debt. Look at it this way: You received goods and services for the full amount of debt, but you're only paying for a portion of it - sometimes less than 50%. Anything more than $600 is generally considered taxable, but the IRS will sometimes waive the tax if you can prove that your assets were less than your liabilities when the debt was settled.

  Jean Chatzky

  People, Looks, Debt

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• I get audited almost every year.And in a way, I should be complaining. I'm not even complaining. I don't mind it. It's almost become a way of life. I get audited by the IRS. But other people don't.

  Donald Trump

  Years, People, Mind

  "The first Trump-Clinton presidential debate transcript, annotated" by Aaron Blake, www.washingtonpost.com. September 26, 2016.

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• I'm not the only taxpayer who has no idea what he's sending to the IRS. This year, only 28 percent of all Americans will prepare their own tax returns, according to a voice in my head that invents accurate-sounding statistics.

  Dave Barry

  Years, Ideas, Voice

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• Obama's devastating America. The policies put in place and those that are gonna be put in place are gonna do even more damage. I mean, it's serious what he's doing. Did you see this? The IRS announced that the family health care premium, once Obamacare is implemented, is $20,000 a year. You were told your premium was gonna go down $2,500 a year! The average family premium is going to be $20,000 a year. I guarantee you, people didn't vote for that.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Mean, Average, Years

  Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

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• The real problem with the IRS is that they let General Electric not pay any taxes -- and 50 other corporations -- that's the real scandal.

  Michael Moore

  Real, Pay, Corporations

  "Michael Moore: The Real IRS Scandal Is That ‘They Let General Electric Not Pay Any Taxes’", www.huffingtonpost.com. May 19, 2013.

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• Isn't it nice of the IRS to tell the media where to ambush me before they tell me that the U.S. Attorney is suing me?

  Cindy Sheehan

  Nice, Media, Suing

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• The IRS has become morally corrupted by the enormous power which we in Congress have unwisely entrusted to it. Too often it acts like a Gestapo preying upon defenseless citizens.

  Edward V. Long

  Liberty, Citizens, Gestapo

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• Why can't Americans do their own taxes? Because the federal Tax Code is out of control, that's why. It's gigantic and insanely complex, and it gets worse all the time. Nobody has ever read the whole thing. IRS workers are afraid to go into the same ROOM with it.

  Dave Barry

  Rooms, Taxes, Workers

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• Worried about an IRS audit? Avoid what's called a red flag. That's something the IRS always looks for. For example, say you have some money left in your bank account after paying taxes. That's a red flag

  Jay Leno

  Red Flags, Taxes Funny, Example

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• Every day, IRS agents levy liens on homes, bank accounts, and businesses; they confiscate cars, furniture, boats, and other personal property without the constitutional protections of due notice, hearing, and due process. If a person forcibly resists, government agents kill him for resisting arrest.

  Jacob G. Hornberger

  Home, Government, Car

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• Please understand what the IRS scandal is about: Using the government to shut down opponents

  Dennis Prager

  Government, Opponents, Scandal

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