Ron Paul Backs Down on IRS Position

In my last entry I promised to take a closer look at Ron Paul's position that the IRS should be shuttered. In a combination of promising to return the US's coffer-keeping to the perfection of a yesteryear that never actually existed and some really fuzzy math, Paul's website laid out an interesting if overly simplistic argument for getting rid of income taxes.

I planned to spend this month examining this position and exploring its feasibility from the perspective of political, economic, business, and international relations concerns. But that isn't going to be.

For whatever reason, Paul's site has removed that language and replaced it with some mealy mouthed complaints about high taxes. I'm fighting the temptation to take credit for this apparent reversal of positions in the Paul camp by threatening to put his plans for closing the IRS under a microscope.