[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 64 (Thursday, April 6, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H4338]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                      IRS AND THE BURDEN OF PROOF

  (Mr. TRAFICANT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, the IRS actually had the gall to tell 
Congress, ``If you change the burden of proof in a tax case, you will 
destroy our voluntary-compliance program.'' Right. Some kind of 
voluntary. Who is kidding whom?
  If you do not voluntarily pay your voluntary taxes, the IRS will come 
in and voluntarily take your parakeet, your beagle, your golf clubs, 
your wife, your rubber ducky. Beam me up here. Voluntary?
  Ladies and gentlemen, are they smoking dope around here or what?
  My bill will say you have to substantiate your tax form, but when you 
go to court, you will be treated like an American citizen, innocent 
until proven guilty.
  Voluntary? My assets.

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