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What If There Was No IRS?

"The third agency of government I would – I would do away with [is] Education, Commerce and, let's see. I can't. The third one, I can't. Sorry. Oops."I bet Texas Governor Rick Perry would give anything to forget that embarrassing memory malfunction during last year's Republican primary debate. For the record, the agency he couldn't remember was, um, give me a second. Well, now this is embarrassing. Wait, I got it, Energy.What's funny is that Perry was actually talking about his flat tax plan and somehow got sidetracked. In any case, he was definitely onto something.I'd bet serious money that everybody reading this would love to do away with the dreaded IRS. It's so simple, really. Just implement a flat tax system, do away with the whole 70,000-page tax code and, voila, no more IRS. Life is good.Russia's had great success with its 13% flat tax rate. Tax revenues are up and so is the economy. And Perry is far from alone in proposing a flat tax in America. Steve Forbes, Jerry Brown (that'...

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