Frank Pallone: “But behind the rhetoric and the calls to "scrap the code," that…”

On the recordMarch 26, 1998

But behind the rhetoric and the calls to "scrap the code," that mantra, if you will, repeated over and over again to scrap the code, behind the rhetoric of that phrase lie some very radical and some dangerous proposals that will actually raise taxes on working families and cut taxes for the wealthiest 1 percent of taxpayers. I think we all agree that that is not reform, that is not what we are about. Abolishing the Tax Code, replacing it with a sales tax is one of those kinds of easy-listening proposals that Republicans are famous for. If you will, it is the legislative equivalent of elevator music; we might find ourselves humming along. But when we snap out of it, we realize that we hate the song.

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Frank Pallone

Democratic · New Jersey

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Discussing the Republican plan to abolish the Tax Code and its implications for middle-class families.

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Frank Pallone: “But behind the rhetoric and the calls to "scrap the code," that mantra, if you will, repeated over and over again to…”

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