David Thomas: “Tomorrow is tax day. I guess every one of us knows that. Certainly some of us are a little sleepless from having dealt…”

“Tomorrow is tax day. I guess every one of us knows that. Certainly some of us are a little sleepless from having dealt with it. So it is an appropriate time to talk, I think, about taxes. There are lots of things to talk about in the area of taxes, of course. One of them is the tax system. Obviously, most people believe the tax system needs to be changed, needs to be made simpler, needs to be made more fair. We could talk about the IRS. A lot of people talk about that, particularly in April. There need to be changes there, clearly. On the other hand, most believe, and I do as well, that if we really expect something different from the enforcement and collection agency for taxes, then we have to change the tax system which they enforce. But, today I wanted to take this time, along with a number of my colleagues--and I appreciate very much Senator Coverdell setting aside this time; I expect there will be six of us here over the next number of minutes--to talk about taxes, what taxes mean to us and what they mean to our constituents.”