[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6169]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                  TIME AND MONEY COULD BE BETTER SPENT

  (Mr. GIBBONS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GIBBONS. Madam Speaker, about 10 days ago, millions of American 
families made their annual trip to the post office to mail their 
Federal income tax returns. The IRS estimates that 65.8 million Form 
1040 filers spend an average of 13 hours and 1 minute getting that 
return together; nearly two full working days.
  That time could be much better spent with their families, and would 
not American families that spend millions of dollars on professional 
tax preparers, tax accountants and computer software be better off 
spending that money elsewhere? Perhaps on their family, their 
retirement, or investing in their children's education.
  Unfortunately, working Americans have become slaves to the IRS. It is 
time to give these American families their freedom.
  Madam Speaker, I encourage my colleagues to support meaningful tax 
relief as part of this year's and next year's national budget, and I 
yield back the valuable time and money spent this year by hard-working 
Americans not on their families but on preparing and filing tax forms.

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