In 2007 Bruce Bartlett wrote that FairTax was originally devised by the Church of Scientology in the early 1990s as a way to get rid of the Internal Revenue Service.
ɪn tˈuː θˈaʊzənd sˈɛvən bɹˈuːs bˈɑːɹtlɪt ɹˈoʊt ðæt fˈɛɹ tˈæks wʌz ɚɹˈɪdʒɪnəli dɪvˈaɪzd baɪ ðə tʃˈɜːtʃ ʌv saɪəntˈɑːlədʒi ɪnðɪ ˈɜːli nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti z æz ɐ wˈeɪ tə ɡɛt ɹˈɪd ʌvðɪ ɪntˈɜːnəl ɹˈɛvənˌuː sˈɜːvɪs.