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Article: AMERICAN TAXPAYERS WANT TAX CODE SIMPLIFIED NOW
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- Herald-News (Joliet, IL)
- Article date:
- February 10, 1998
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The issue: The federal tax code is 5,000 pages long and confusing to most Americans.
We say: There is growing bipartisan support in Congress for simplifying the nation's tax code.
About 120 million Americans find the federal tax code so confusing that they spend $20 billion each year to have their taxes prepared for them.
In his recent State of the Union, President Clinton said nothing about simplifying the tax code -- 5,000 pages, 10,000 sections and counting.
Instead, the president promised "new tax cuts targeted to the needs of working families: for education, child care, and the environment." Let us reaffirm our support for lower taxes for all working Americans.
But let us also note ...