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On the recordSeptember 23, 2004
I ran against a certified public accountant two years ago who should have had a maximum amount of credibility on finances and economics, and he came out in favor of the IRS. I came out in favor of eliminating the IRS. I am here. He is not. Sixty-three percent was the margin, and we did not spend a lot of money to get that done. The public understood quickly, they learned quickly if you can get the money you earned in your paycheck every Friday, when you punch that time clock Monday morning at 8 a.m. or whatever the time is and if the government no longer is standing there with their hand out, the first lien on everybody's labor in America, the freedom that comes back from getting the IRS off their back and the burden, that was I think the most influential piece of this entire race that went on.
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Steve King
Republican · Iowa

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Discussing the political implications of eliminating the IRS during a floor speech.

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