John Thune: “I was disappointed this week to hear the President label Republican efforts to sunset the Internal Revenue Code as…”

“I was disappointed this week to hear the President label Republican efforts to sunset the Internal Revenue Code as irresponsible. I want to tell you my definition of irresponsible. Last year only one in five calls to the IRS customer hotline got through. That is irresponsible. The IRS sends out 8 million pages of forms and instructions each year, enough to circle the Earth 28 times. That is irresponsible. Every year, Money Magazine asks 50 different tax preparers to prepare a 1040 form for a sample family. No two preparers ever arrive at the same answer, and the results vary by thousands of dollars. That is irresponsible. I am proud to be a cosponsor of legislation to sunset the Internal Revenue Code. There is nothing radical about accountability from a government agency or working towards a fairer, flatter Tax Code. If you want a true definition of irresponsibility, look at our current Tax Code. Maintaining the status quo is the most irresponsible thing that we could do to our Nation and to our future.”