Political Quotes

“I begin by thanking the Senator from Georgia for conducting this particular discussion on tax policy on this day, a day which we might paraphrase will live in infamy at least in the lives of many Americans. By midnight tonight, millions of Americans will have completed their tax returns and may agree with T.S. Eliot who characterized April as the cruelest month of all. According to estimates by the Internal Revenue Service, individuals will have spent about 1.7 billion hours on tax-related paperwork. Businesses will have spent another 3.4 billion hours to comply with their Tax Code preparations this year. The Tax Foundation estimates that the cost of compliance will approach $200 billion. If that is not evidence that our Tax Code is one of the most inefficient and wasteful ever created, I do not know what is. Money and effort that could have been put to productive use solving problems in our communities, putting Americans to work, putting food on the table, or investing in the Nation's future are instead devoted to wasteful paperwork. It is no wonder that the American people are frustrated and angry, as I found in the townhall meetings and other visits with constituents in the last 2 weeks in Arizona. They are demanding real change in the way their Government taxes and spends.”