Ted Cruz wants to abolish the IRS and go to a flat tax. Ron Paul wanted to abolish the IRS and eliminate the federal income tax. That's pretty extreme, but Cruz' idea seems reasonable. Just get rid of the criminal organization that terrorizes tax money out of the populace, and simplify the tax code.

Something you may not know about the income tax:

The Truth Comes Out: Former IRS Director Steve Miller Admits Taxes Are Voluntary

Steve Miller, former Director of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), admitted at a Congressional hearing that the taxes collected by the IRS are not mandatory – but voluntary.

When questioned at the House Ways and Means Committee (WMC) hearing last week, Miller told House Representative Devin Nunes that "America's tax system is 'voluntary'". When Nunes remarked for clarification that the US tax code is a "voluntary system", Miller said, "Agreed."

House Representative Xavier Becerra commented that the ruse of the IRS is kept as a public confidence in the system scheme to keep Americans paying money to the IRS.

Miller confirmed this is so.