Did I just hear Ted Cruz say that he would abolish the IRS?

[CTyankee]

He had a little rant about all the stuff he would do when he is elected president...

What IS this guy smoking?

[onehandle]

1. No Canadian can tell us what to do. nt

[fleur-de-lisa]

2. Ha ha!

I prefer to call him a Cubanadian!

[unblock]

3. it's a common fantasy among greedy right-wing anti-gubmint idiots.

if they promoted the slightest bit of critical thinking, they'd realize it can't actually happen; but, you know, ... republicans.

republican leaders have long figured out that they can win points by promising things that they know can't actually happen. in fact, the knowledge that it can't actually happen opens the door for them to promise all kinds of wacky stuff.

[wordpix]

10. the 1% don't want to be audited---that simple

[okaawhatever]

14. ^^This^^ Obama really rocked their world when he got Switzerland to open their books. That's one

of the reasons the 1% have been going after him so hard. He also request something like 8,000 new IRS agents in one of his budgets to investigate tax cheats, focusing on those who have money hidden overseas. The GOP blocked that as well.

[Wounded Bear]

4. Pretty sure he's been saying that the whole time...

he's a "flat taxer." Wants to make sure rich folks aren't taxed more than us poor folks.

Just another RW thought meme designed to appeal to the Libertarian wing of the party. That's their Holy Grail.

[left-of-center2012]

5. He's said it before (and the Dept of Education) n/t

[djean111]

6. The interesting thing here - look at the GOP line-up.

Maybe Trump is their "lesser evil".

[Jim__]

7. Ted Cruz will not be doing any presidentin'.

Doesn't really matter what he says.

[TheCowsCameHome]

8. He wants to abolish everything, and

make Old Sturbridge Village look like Tommorowland

No candidate scares me like that guy.

[HughBeaumont]

9. He's a proponent of VAT - a subset of FairTax.

Both are absolutely horrible ideas designed to get rid of the two biggies of the wealthy - the Capital Gains and Estate taxes. Why anyone with a brain stem buys this shit as a fair means of doing things is beyond me. Either one would give the wealthy a tax-free life on the backs of the middle/working/poor.

I mean, the fact that he's a Theocrat is strike one, two and three with me. But his economic know-nothingness is possibly even worse than Dubya's.

[trotsky]

11. Because that's who finances candidates - the rich.

You do what they say, or you don't get the money. Unfortunately many Democrats are all too willing to play that game as well.

[Liberal_in_LA]

12. Yes, he always says that

[felix_numinous]

13. What a 1% tool

layers upon layers of cluelessness

[okaawhatever]

15. All the GOTP want to go VAT. Who will collect tax from the retailers? The Tax Fairy? nt