Iowa state Sen. Joni Ernst, the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate, was pretty frank about the IRS: scrap it and start from scratch.
That comment came during a discussion on taxes during a debate against Rep. Bruce Braley, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Iowa, on Thursday night.
“I do believe that we need to lower taxes on our hard working Iowans immediately,” Ernst said. “Immediately. Which is something that we have done with this tax cut that we have done in Iowa but then work over the long term to reform our tax system. I say scrap the IRS let’s start all over again.”
Braley tried to capitalize on that remark when his response came.
“Senator Ernst’s answer to everything is scrapping,” Braley said. “Scrap the IRS, get rid of it. Get rid of the Department of Education. Get rid of the EPA. Get rid of the Clean Water Act. Every solution she has is throwing darts at the board trying to get rid of programs that have had significant impacts and made a difference in the lives of Iowans.”
The TPM Polltracker average gives Ernst a 3.5 point lead over Braley.
Whatever, idiot.
She sure sounds desperate.
I’d hate to hurl out the C word, but by golly she is one.
If the koch boys want it, ernst is prepared to deliver. Welcome to the new oligarchy.
You know what the replacement for the IRS will look like? It will look like the IRS.
I’m still trying to figure it out–are you stupid and crazy and that’s why you join the Republicans, or do you join the Republicans and they do something to you that makes you stupid and crazy?
Cause every last one of them is stupid and crazy. I remember a time when this was not so–but then something happened to alter the equation. Some sort of strange attractor that increasingly concentrated the crazy and drained off the intelligence like a weird black hole.