For much (most?) of our history federal income came exclusively from tariffs, and the President is very fond of evoking that era. It would not be unprecedented for it to happen again.

Can’t argue with the moderation given the slant of this community (I landed here from “All”), but I continue to maintain I’ve been posting in good faith.

Have a blessed day.

Trump’s been pretty loud about the External Revenue Service eventually supplanting the IRS.

If you don’t think he’s serious about tariffs, you aren’t paying attention.

Rumblings from Trumpland (and the odd post from Musk) point to the long-term goal being a vastly simplified tax code and commensurately smaller IRS.

Biden seemed content to keep hiring more IRS agents.

Is it reasonable to grow the enforcement bureaucracy ad infinitum in order to keep pace with an exponentially more complicated tax code, or might we be better off simplifying things a little?

whales

You mean the big shots with their undeclared tips and their Venmo payments?

Is anybody really crying for an IRS employee?