Sure The Republicans Are Against Taxes

"I want to be sure he is a ruthless son of a bitch, that he will do what he's told, that every income tax return I want to see, I see, that he will go after our enemies and not our friends. Now it's as simple as that. If he isn't, he doesn't get the job."

President Richard Nixon, in May 1971 tapes, describing his criteria for a new IRS commissioner, as quoted in Newsweek.