GOP Party Chairman Really Doesn't Want To Talk About Abolishing The IRS

[Judi Lynn]

GOP Party Chairman Really Doesn't Want To Talk About Abolishing The IRS
Posted: 02/03/2015 5:56 pm EST Updated: 28 minutes ago

WASHINGTON -- It's prominently featured on the Republican Party's website, with its own page and even a petition for the cause: "Stand With The GOP And Fight To Abolish the IRS."

But on Tuesday, Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus dodged question after question about whether he thinks the tax agency should be eliminated and if the position laid out on his party's website -- one that's been used to rally the tea party and raise money -- is official GOP policy.

"I think clearly people need a simplified tax code, a flatter code," Priebus told one reporter, when asked if he supports abolishing the IRS. "We need to obviously follow [House Budget Committee Chairman] Paul Ryan's lead of balancing the budget and getting control of our debt problems."

When the reporter asked again, the GOP Party chairman didn't even try to answer.

"Listen, I'm coming out here to do one quick thing here," he said, trailing off. "I'm already late...."

More:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/03/reince-priebus-republicans-abolish-irs_n_6607656.html

[orpupilofnature57]

1. Who has the IRS been more of a Friend to ???

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

2. The short sighted, greedy and stupid teaparty and republicans who think that

we no longer need to take care of our infrastructure OR our people...

And they claim to be christians

Oh my, that is so funny

[davidpdx]

3. Frankly I am surprised we haven't had another incident like that in Minnesota a few years ago

with a bridge collapsing. Given how bad the infrastructure is in the US it's a matter of time before something happens again, possibly worse.

[steve2470]

4. John Birch Society also wants to abolish the IRS...JBS FAR right

This is what the GOP has morphed into.

[steve2470]

5. the link in case it disappears down the memory hole

https://www.gop.com/abolish-the-irs/



THIS IS A CLASSIC JOHN BIRCH SOCIETY POSITION, it is FAR right.

[blkmusclmachine]

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