[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 84 (Tuesday, June 28, 1994)]
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                       SIMPLIFY FEDERAL TAX CODE

  (Mr. DUNCAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DUNCAN. Mr. Speaker, the Washington Post has now reported that 
one of the agencies the worst at recordkeeping is the Internal Revenue 
Service itself.
  The Post story was based on a report issued last week by the General 
Accounting Office.
  The story says:

       The Internal Revenue Service, which demands that taxpayer 
     be able to produce records to back up all claims of income 
     and deductions, could not live up to that standard itself * * 
     *

  According to the GAO, the IRS has ``ineffective internal controls and 
unreliable information.''
  There were so many missing records at the IRS that the GAO 
investigators said they ``were unable to express an opinion of the 
reliability'' of the IRS information.
  Once again, we see the arrogance and ineptitude of big Government.
  Senator John Glenn said:

       It troubles me that G.A.O. could not issue an audit opinion 
     on the I.R.S. financial statements because the I.R.S. can't 
     get its own books in order. I, and American taxpayers, find 
     this extremely unfair.

  We need to greatly simplify our Federal Tax Code.
  And we need to realize that if we really want effective government, 
instead of one filled with waste, fraud, and abuse, our best hope will 
be at the local level where the government is closer to the people.
  The Federal Government seems to screw up almost everything it gets 
into.

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