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James Traficant: “Our Tax Code costs us $140 billion a year. There are over 200 forms. All our income, savings, education, and investments…”

On the recordFebruary 16, 2000
Our Tax Code costs us $140 billion a year. There are over 200 forms. All our income, savings, education, and investments are taxed. Even business taxes are passed on to us. We are even taxed for marital sex. Beam me up. It is time to pass a flat national retail sales tax, 15 percent. No more income taxes, no more taxes on savings, no more forms, no more deadlines, no more accountants, no more lawyers, no more receipts, no more Internal Revenue Service. It is time, ladies and gentlemen of Congress. I yield back this Communist, un-American Tax Code by saying to both parties: tax this.
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James Traficant
Ohio
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Editor's note · Context

Advocating for a flat national retail sales tax during a discussion on the tax code.

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