On the recordSeptember 9, 1996
We know that virtually every segment of American life deals with the tax burden today, and it is about what they think it should be. You would be hard pressed to find a segment of our country that believes the IRS is not a threatening institution today. That is the majority of American people--the vast majority of American people--think this agency needs an overhaul. By staggering numbers, the American people feel the tax system is utterly too complicated. In fact, it takes the average taxpayer 11 hours to do their taxes. That adds up to 5.4 billion man-hours per year. The statistics are alarming. It is too high. It is too intrusive, and it is too complicated. It ought to be at the core of the work of this Congress and the next Congress to get these things corrected.
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