Joel Hefley: “I have a problem, and my problem is I cannot decide which foolish, counterproductive, unfair tax I hate the most. I do…”

“I have a problem, and my problem is I cannot decide which foolish, counterproductive, unfair tax I hate the most. I do not like the capital gains tax because it hurts economic growth and it kills job creation. I do not like the death tax because it takes one's life work, the fruit of a lifetime of labor and tells the grieving, ``Pay up now, and if you can't afford to, I'm closing up the family business.'' I do not like business taxes because it takes the taxes twice, and like the capital gains tax, it means fewer jobs for the people who need them most. But perhaps the most odious, offensive and outrageously unfair part of the Tax Code is the personal income tax. The burden is too heavy, the loopholes are too pervasive, and the complexity is simply overwhelming. When we look at the set of volumes that compromise the Federal Tax Code, 36,000 pages at last count, we cannot help but think who designed this thing? It is time to get a grip, junk the Tax Code, start all over, cut tax rates and pass a tax system which is both simple and fair.”