Speech #1050017155

This step of beginning to curb IRS abuses is only the first step in what I think will be a real landmark Congress in bringing the Internal Revenue Service under control. The fact is. with 110.000 employees. the Internal Revenue Service Is too big. too complex. and too arrogant. For the average citizen. let me just say 110.000 IRS employees compares with 5.500 working for the Border Patrol or 7.400 working for the Drug Enforcement Administration. So there are almost 10 IRS agents for every person protecting us from drugs and illegal immigration. I think that is clearly too many. One of our goals is to change the IRS as we know it. to shrink it. to go through tax simplification. to make sure that we have a much simpler and much fairer tax system.