Rich Neal: “This is another in those proposals that have become familiar around here. We call it ``government by gimmick.'' What…”

“This is another in those proposals that have become familiar around here. We call it ``government by gimmick.'' What should we do? We ought to have term limits and then spend all of our time trying to figure out on the other side how to get out of those commitments we made. Then we ought to have the line-item veto around here so that we can pray that the Supreme Court will turn it down. Then we ought to have the Balanced Budget Amendment which we were able to accomplish without disturbing the Constitution. What is the latest gimmick? The latest gimmick is, how do we tell the American people we are now sunsetting the Tax Code when there is not anybody here who believes that 5 years from now or 4 years from now that that is going to occur. This outrageous bill, which they propose and suggest would terminate our current system, is nothing more than another effort to convince the public that government solutions are all going to be easy. Nobody here defends the current tax system or says that it does not need some improvement. Nobody says that the IRS here is not in need of improvement.”