irs. >> anybody want to fire some irs agents? >> why don't we start with the 16,000 irs agents that are going to implement obama care? >> i think we ought to abolish the irs and instead move to a simple flat tax. >> that's the political party this morning was floating the idea of increasing the intrusiveness of the irs into people's income. now we know the ransom note was paired back even further. all of this pain and misery and cost and drama, the whole thing just so we can get a health pay cut for our staffs. joining me now is former senator blanch lincoln, former governor of arkansas, is the principal of lincoln policies saying that lobbyists on behalf of and the just launched no more about washingtonpost.com. tim carney, i will begin with a little bit of rare praise for