Mike Pence: “it is April 13; and to my fellow American procrastinators I say, 2 days and counting, until tax day, April 15. In 2003…”

“it is April 13; and to my fellow American procrastinators I say, 2 days and counting, until tax day, April 15. In 2003 alone, Americans spent $203 billion just preparing our taxes, let alone paying for them. Madam Speaker, 1 billion hours in annual paperwork has been added to tax preparation in just the last 10 years. Think of these comparisons: in 2003, your 1040 form is 73 lines long. In 1935 it was 34 lines long. In 2003, your 1040 booklet was 131 pages. When it was created in 1935, it was 2 pages. Are we having fun yet? I say no. Today we will scrap the death tax, and well we should. But while we are at it, let this majority rededicate itself to scrap the code, to create a new flatter and fairer and simpler system that ends the tyranny of April 15 on the American people, a tyranny of anxiety. ____________________”