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

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

by Jennifer Bendery at the Huffington Post

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/03/reince-priebus-republicans-abolish-irs_n_6607656.html?utm_hp_ref=politics

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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.




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