[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12540]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  PRESSING NEED FOR TAX SIMPLIFICATION

  (Mr. BUCHANAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. BUCHANAN. Madam Speaker, last week the House Small Business 
Subcommittee on Finance and Tax held a hearing on a long overdue issue: 
the pressing need for tax simplification for America's small business.
  The IRS estimates it takes over 37 hours to complete the 1040 short 
form, the most basic income tax form we have. Why does it take this 
long? Because our Tax Code today runs over 67,000 pages.
  This is a disgraceful state of affairs. We need a simpler and fairer 
Tax Code that rewards, not punishes, hard work and success. Small 
business creates 70 percent of all new jobs in America. Small business 
can lead us out of this economic recession and back into recovery if 
Congress gives them a chance.
  Let's start by overhauling our broken tax system.

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