Orrin Hatch actually said...

"the favored tax status of debt incentivizes the use of complicated and often wasteful tax-planning strategies."

"Congress should eliminate the double tax on corporate income. The double corporate tax results in less investment, fewer jobs, and lower wages than if all American businesses were subject to a single ..."

"the current corporate tax code encourages corporations to finance themselves with debt rather than with equity."

"The imposition of new withholding taxes on foreign investors is at best inconsistent with, if not in direct violation of, tax treaties."