[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 39 (Tuesday, March 31, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H1783]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   NO TAXATION WITHOUT COMPREHENSION

  (Mr. BOB SCHAFFER of Colorado asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. BOB SCHAFFER of Colorado. Mr. Speaker, the stirrings of patriotic 
revolution in this country 222 years ago were energized by the cries of 
``No taxation without representation.'' Today it is time for a new call 
to common sense: ``No taxation without comprehension.''
  That is right, Mr. Speaker, a tax code that even the experts cannot 
figure out is an assault on common sense, an assault on logic and an 
assault on the American conception of self-government. Formerly loyal 
British subjects were so offended by the idea of taxation without 
representation that soon a revolution of American patriots was born, 
and today more and more ordinary taxpaying Americans are so offended by 
a system of taxation without comprehension that a taxpayers revolt is 
emerging now across the land.
  In simple terms, Mr. Speaker, it makes no sense to have a tax system 
that makes no sense. It is time to stop the madness and stand up to our 
absurd Tax Code, all 3,500 pages of it.
  Democrats and Republicans unite. No taxation without comprehension.

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