L. Paxon: “about a year ago I was holding a town meeting outside of Rochester, New York, and as I often do, I talked about our…”

“about a year ago I was holding a town meeting outside of Rochester, New York, and as I often do, I talked about our agenda. And a major part of my agenda is ending the tax system as we know it, replacing it with a fairer system, whether it is a national sales tax or a flat rate income tax or some other system. And I made that comment and a constituent raised his hand and said, ``Paxon, I have heard you talk about this for years. I have heard your colleagues in Congress on both sides of the aisle talk about fundamental tax reform for years. Why don't you stop talking about it and do it. Put in a bill that ends this system so we believe you are serious for a change.'' As a result of that, I put forward my piece of legislation last fall that is designed to do one thing above all others: End the skepticism of the American people; make it clear we are serious about tax reform that does not just make the code more complicated, complex and taxes higher, but involves the American people for a change by making it clear where this code is going so they can step forward and be involved in the process.”