My concern is that if we were to pass the recommendations of the Commission, it is unlikely that that would stand for very long before Congress would once again, for reasons of political expediency, use the Tax Code rather than the revenue code in order to carry out some policy.
Cardin expresses concern about Congress misusing the Tax Code for political reasons.
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