US Presidential Candidate Ron DeSantis Supports Plan to Eliminate IRS and ‘Break the Swamp’
In an interview this week,
Ron DeSantis, the Republican governor of Florida and a presidential candidate, revealed
his support to eliminate several federal agencies should he win the general election. Among the entities he mentioned were the
U.S. departments of
Education, Commerce and Energy, and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
During an interview with
Fox News television host Martha MacCallum on Wednesday
, Ron DeSantis, the Republican governor of Florida and a candidate in t
he 2024 U.S. presidential race, shared his idea to streamline the federal government by eliminating certain agencies.
This also isn’t the first instance where
DeSantis has expressed his views on revamping or dismantling the IRS.
Building on his stance, DeSantis didn’t mince words when he asserted that he perceives the IRS as a
“corrupt” entity, highlighting that this cabinet-level agency is far from being an ally to the ordinary citizen or taxpayer. During his conversation with
MacCallum on Wednesday, he voiced his belief in the necessity of a profound reconstitution of the government.
Reflecting on the unfulfilled promise of draining the swamp back in 2016, DeSantis offered a more potent metaphor,
suggesting the urgent need to shatter the very foundations of the swamp itself.
