On the recordApril 15, 2010
It's a privilege and honor to have the opportunity to address you here on the floor of the House of Representatives. This is tax day, April 15. This is the day that there are a lot of bleary eyes from people that have stayed up way into the night trying to do their own taxes. We have some people out there that have borrowed the money to pay the tax preparer so that they can file their taxes on time. And we have people that have paid the tax preparer to file an extension because they couldn't get their paperwork in on time. We have a huge amount of American dollars that are invested in paying tax preparers and doing tax preparations. And I often think about this economy that we have and ask the question, you know, what about these sectors of the economy? Is there anything contributed to the economy by paying accountants and IRS agents to collect money? And I'll argue that the White House gets it wrong.
