[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 10]
[House]
[Pages 13701-13702]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       FAIR TAX--A FAIR SOLUTION

  (Mr. PRICE of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PRICE of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to remind my 
colleagues what most Americans know all too well and that is that our 
tax system is broken. Many would say it is broken beyond repair. Our 
Tax Code contains over 50,000 pages of confusing, contradictory, 
inconsistent, and intimidating regulations. Filing a tax return often 
takes months of preparation and Americans spend billions of dollars 
getting expert assistance just filling out the forms.
  But there is a solution, the FairTax. A national retail sales tax 
would provide common sense to the current mess. The FairTax would 
simplify the process and allow individuals to keep all of their hard-
earned pay check and determine for themselves when they save or they 
spend or they invest their money. It would encourage investments, spur 
economic growth, and be less regressive than our current system. For 
far too often we have chosen to try and fix problems with our Tax Code 
by adding to it. It is time to start over. It is time to remove the 
redundancy of the Tax Code. Tear out those

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unneeded pages and adopt a fair plan. I urge my colleagues to support 
H.R. 25 and deliver smart and fair tax policy for the American people.

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