John Thune: “Frankly, I think when he came out and did that, he really did defend the indefensible. We have a Tax Code in this…”

“Frankly, I think when he came out and did that, he really did defend the indefensible. We have a Tax Code in this country which has become an abomination for the people who have to comply with that law, from individuals, to families to small businesses. Look at where we are today in terms of the volumes of information, the volumes of instructions, the volumes of actual forms of tax law that are out there, the laws and regulations, some 6,000 pages, 34.5 pounds. We spend in this country over 5 billion man-hours a year complying with the Tax Code. There are 480 different forms. As I went through my tax return this year, I did it a couple of weeks ago, the thing that occurred to me is that the people of this country, even though we lowered taxes last summer in the balanced budget agreement, the people of this country have an even more difficult job this year of complying with the Tax Code than they did last year, because every time Congress touches the Tax Code, we make it more complicated.”