The man speaks a lot of head sense.
The reshuffling of the deck chairs on the sinking ship of this US government agency (and others) is not going to solve the problem, the IRS is indicative of the problem of Washington at large, big, bloated, intrusive government that has long since left its legitimate mandate and has evolved into something else entirely, than what the Founding Fathers and Framers of the Constitution had envisioned for the country.
Cruz proposed a flat tax during the 2012 election, but he said he would keep a standard deduction for lower-income earners, as well as deductions for mortgage interest and charitable donations.
The massive CPA industry will fight to keep the IRS. They have everything to lose, they depend on the intentionally confusing nature of taxes.