Jeff Duncan: “I would like to mention when the gentleman talks about the issue of…”

On the recordMarch 2, 1999

I would like to mention when the gentleman talks about the issue of tax reform and going to a simpler and fairer tax system, Newsweek Magazine a few months ago on its cover had a story, a cover story about the IRS; and it said, The IRS: Lawless, Abusive, Out of Control. When any major department or agency of the Federal Government can be described by a mainstream magazine like Newsweek as lawless, abusive and out of control, things have gotten to a pretty sad state. It is especially sad when an agency as intrusive as the Internal Revenue Service can be accurately described in that way. So I think we basically should just take the Internal Revenue Code that we have now and junk it and start over again. I think about 85 or 90 percent of the American people feel that way.

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Jeff Duncan

Republican · South Carolina

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Discussing the need for tax reform and criticism of the IRS.

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Jeff Duncan: “I would like to mention when the gentleman talks about the issue of tax reform and going to a simpler and fairer tax…”

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