The reduction of American government starts in earnest.

sεяεηιτλ wrote:

Floyd Robertson wrote:Say goodbye to the DOE, hello school of choice and prayer in the classroom.

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This is what I'm talking about when I've said elsewhere that they are going to push all sorts of crap that helps move kids to the right. School of choice will long term take away power from the cities. Prayer will spread like a disease and again brainwash kids into moving right. They have a fucking disgusting long term plan. We have lost if he manages to do a lot in 2 years, 4 if we can't win back house or Senate

Floyd Robertson wrote:

sεяεηιτλ wrote:

This is what I'm talking about when I've said elsewhere that they are going to push all sorts of crap that helps move kids to the right. School of choice will long term take away power from the cities. Prayer will spread like a disease and again brainwash kids into moving right. They have a fucking disgusting long term plan. We have lost if he manages to do a lot in 2 years, 4 if we can't win back house or Senate

We not only need freedom of religion, we need freedom from religion.

The Pantry wrote:Reduction of government should start with the IRS. The tax code has been in dire need of simplification for decades. Instead, it has gotten more complicated every year. Should be an adjusted (by income) flat rate, with adjustments for disabilities, etc. With no more loopholes, taxes could be calculated on a fairly simple spreadsheet.

Not that it matters. Looked up the composition of the IRS workforce and was astounded at the number of minorities and women employed, far beyond normal demographics.

IRS Budget & Workforce

Cameron wrote:

The Pantry wrote:Reduction of government should start with the IRS. The tax code has been in dire need of simplification for decades. Instead, it has gotten more complicated every year. Should be an adjusted (by income) flat rate, with adjustments for disabilities, etc. With no more loopholes, taxes could be calculated on a fairly simple spreadsheet.

Not that it matters. Looked up the composition of the IRS workforce and was astounded at the number of minorities and women employed, far beyond normal demographics.

IRS Budget & Workforce

My understanding is that funding the IRS is one of the most efficient uses of tax money, as each dollar spent returns more than a dollar in revenue. It is neither easy nor cheap to audit rich tax cheats. When the IRS lacks proper funding, they turn to auditing lower income people instead, which is silly. The tax code certainly needs reform, but it also needs the IRS to enforce it.