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On the recordJune 19, 1997
The American people not only send their tax dollars here. We want to make it sure they get more of it back so they can use it for their families. They also want a new IRS, one that is more taxpayer friendly, one that we would have under a taxpayer Bill of Rights 3 where we change the burden of proof. Instead of the taxpayer presumed to be guilty and the IRS commissioner presumed to be correct, let us switch those burdens and stop the abuses that have existed in the IRS so we make sure that we have not only fairness in our tax policy but fairness by the IRS.
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Jon Fox
Republican · Pennsylvania

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Discussing the need for tax reform and a more taxpayer-friendly IRS.

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