Kevin Brady: “our prayers are with the Virginia Tech families as well. Paying tax is bad enough, but the time it takes to figure them…”

“our prayers are with the Virginia Tech families as well. Paying tax is bad enough, but the time it takes to figure them out, I think, is almost worse. You should not need an accountant to do your taxes or live in fear of making an honest mistake. For our children's sake, we need to sunset this Tax Code and replace it with something far simpler, like a flat tax or, my choice, a retail sales tax. Can you imagine never having to fill out a tax form again in your life? Can you imagine having the IRS completely and totally out of your life? Let's not forget we need to keep taxes low. Tax Freedom Day for Texas families is this Thursday. That is the first day since New Year's that Texas families will begin working for themselves, not for the government. My constituents are worried that the new Democrat budget allows President Bush's tax relief to expire, which would raise taxes $2,700 a year on our families. Washington needs to tighten its belt before it demands that our families tighten theirs.”