Bill Archer: “Mr. Speaker, the bill we vote on today will give David, the taxpayer, a bigger slingshot to use against the IRS Goliath.…”

“Mr. Speaker, the bill we vote on today will give David, the taxpayer, a bigger slingshot to use against the IRS Goliath. But as proud as I am of this bill, it is just the beginning. Reforming the IRS is a very important first step, but the real culprit behind the scenes is the complexities of the current Internal Revenue Code. What America needs is a new tax system, one that is fairer, simpler, less intrusive, less costly, and one that creates more economic growth for the American people, because that is what determines the size of the paychecks that families receive in this country. That is the American dream. Actually, I should say, not just less intrusive. We should have a Tax Code that gets the IRS completely and totally out of the lives of every individual American. I believe we must rip the income tax out by its roots and throw it away, so it can never grow back. As helpful as this legislation will be to taxpayers struggling with the IRS, I personally will not be satisfied until the tax system itself is repealed.”