Johnny Isakson actually said...

the actuarial clock is ticking on our country in terms of debt and deficit, and all of us in both parties are going to have to sit around a ...

if we continue to promise more than we can deliver and do not reform the system, one day the game is going to be up and the American people ...

I concur with your opening statement, talking about how tax simplification is the key to this.

the confidence the American people have in the Internal Revenue Service is the key to voluntary compliance.