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Transcript: BARR HAILS DEATH OF TAX CODE
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- June 17, 1998
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 1999 CONTACT: CHIP WALKER
202-225-2931
BARR HAILS DEATH OF TAX CODE
BLASTS CLINTON, DEMOCRATS FOR DEFENDING CURRENT SYSTEM
WASHINGTON, DC U.S. Representative Bob Barr (GA-7) today bailed legislation
be cosponsored to eliminate the tax code on Dec. 31, 2002, as long
as Congress
passes a simplified replacement system. The bill includes an exemption
for the social security payroll tax.
"Today, the Republican majority in the House took the first bold step
toward
eliminating a federal tax system which is fundamentally unfair, over
complicated,
and counterproductive. The internal revenue code has strangled our
economy
and ...