Time: Sun May 11 13:51:34 1997 by primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id MAA15570; Sun, 11 May 1997 12:56:48 -0700 (MST) by usr01.primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id MAA16987; Sun, 11 May 1997 12:56:39 -0700 (MST) Date: Sun, 11 May 1997 13:35:16 -0700 To: (Recipient list suppressed) From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar] Subject: SLS: Lott calls for abolition of IRS (fwd) <snip> > >Lott calls for abolition of IRS > >By JULIE INGWERSEN > >CHICAGO, May 5 (UPI) _ Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott has called for >abolition of the Internal Revenue Service, saying >the time has come not to ``mend it (but) end it.'' > >In a speech today before the Economic Club of Chicago, the Mississippi >Republican presented a six-point plan for overhauling >the nation's tax code. > >Lott said, ``If we do the job right. we should be able to achieve another >essential goal: the abolition of the IRS. > >He added, ``That's why my own preference is to replace the IRS with a >Taxpayer Protection Agency....The new agency would >be committed to ensuring that no one pays more than his or her fair share >as it is collecting federal revenue.'' > >Lott said the nation's tax burden _ federal, state and local _ should >total no more than 25 percent of income and he called for >repeal of the federal income tax amendment if Congress adopts a federal >consumption tax. > >The tax code, he said, should stop ``penalizing achievement and >responsible behavior'' and should be simplified dramatically. > >Lott said, ``When it comes to the IRS, don't mend it, end it. > >``We must remember that we are for lowering taxes because we believe that >the people who work and earn the money should >keep more of what they earn.'' > >_- > >Copyright 1997 by United Press International. > >All rights reserved. >
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