If you tax people who are at the upper end of the spectrum, can they afford it? Absolutely they can afford it.

I would think that the research credit you are going to have trouble getting rid of.

the exact same people who were saying, 'By golly we need this tax incentive to go out and build these windmills,' are now complaining that these rich corporations are not paying taxes.

the federal tax code, as long as it continues to be used as a social engineering tool, is going to be the mess that it is today

But, you know, the tax policy in this country is such that it absolutely amazes me.

Do you know where it is going to come out of? It is going to come out of the money that they used to invest that makes America work.

I hope you have taken away from this that there are people up here that actually care about what you do.

The federal tax code is meant to raise sufficient money to do the limited things that the Founding Fathers thought that a Federal Government should do.

Thank you, Madam Chairman. We are making progress here.

I think it is critical not only for Congress but for the American people to have a much, much better understanding, higher level of understanding than we do.

this is Congress's fault.

You aren't going to see Democrats and Republicans beating each other's brains out over the idea of getting the harvest up while keeping environmental values.