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Frank Pallone: You know the amazing thing to me, because you started to talk about implementing this, is that we have--you know, I…

On the recordMarch 26, 1998
You know the amazing thing to me, because you started to talk about implementing this, is that we have--you know, I understand we do a fairly good job compared to what would happen with the sales tax in terms of collecting taxes now, but it seems to me you are talking about a 30 percent sales tax. You are going to get a lot of cheating, it is going to be difficult to enforce. And you know here the Republicans and Democrats alike have been talking about trying to reform the IRS, and we have actually made some significant changes because we do not want them becoming like a police force cracking down. Would you not have to do a tremendous amount of enforcement? Would not the IRS become even more, have to have more money and a larger budget in order to enforce this kind of a sales tax?
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Frank Pallone
Democratic · New Jersey

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Discussing the implications of implementing a 30 percent sales tax and its enforcement challenges.

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