But contrast that with other Federal agencies. The FBI out there on the front lines of the war against criminals. only 24.000 compared to the 113.000 at the IRS. The Immigration Service. 12.000 defending our borders. yet 10 times that many in the IRS. The Drug Enforcement Administration waging a tough fight against the war on drugs. only 5.700 employees. We have 113.000 in the IRS. The border patrol again at our Nations borders. 5.800 people. Would it not be better if we could get rid of that IRS. get rid of that Tax Code. replace it with a flatter. fairer income tax or a national sales tax or consumption tax or something else. and take some of those IRS employees and retrain them to help our FBI agents in the war on crime or our border patrol or our INS or our DEA as they try to keep people out or keep drugs out of our Nation. Of course recently. and again I know this is no surprise. folks at home and in this Chamber know these statistics. but Money Magazine every year selects a group of professional tax preparers and asks them to complete the tax returns for a fictional family. They put together some numbers.
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