REP. BUDDY CARTER: It’s A New Day In America. Let’s Tax Like It.

I have a message for DOGE — let’s dismantle the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

President Trump has a mandate from 77 million Americans to shake up Washington, and that is exactly what his administration is doing. From stripping taxpayer dollars from countries that hate America to forcing Mexico and Canada to the negotiating table with the threat of tariffs, we’re already seeing the positive impacts of strong, America First leadership.

We must use this momentum to push domestic policies that will uplift the working class.

I am ready — and have a plan in place — to work in lockstep with the Trump-Vance Administration and Department of Government Efficiency to fundamentally change the way our nation collects revenue by building a tax system that is pro-growth, straightforward, and fair.

The aptly named Fair Tax is a Georgia-grown proposal that would repeal the current tax code, including all personal and corporate income taxes, the death tax, gift taxes, and payroll tax, and replace it with a single, 23% national consumption tax. Working Americans shouldn’t have to rely on an army of accountants and lawyers just to figure out how much money they “owe” the government.

Under the Fair Tax, you decide when and how much you pay in taxes.

My proposal is as simple as it is revolutionary: if you make $50,000 a year, you will pocket $50,000 a year. It is none of the government’s business when your payday is or how much you make; that information would stay between you and your employer, where it belongs.