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Transcript: A TAX CODE THAT IS FAIR, SIMPLE AND SHORT
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- April 12, 2000
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 12, 2000
A TAX CODE THAT IS FAIR, SIMPLE AND SHORT
As every American knows, next Monday is tax day. Since April 15th
falls
on a Saturday this year, we have one last weekend to wrestle with
Form
1040 and its accompanying Schedules and Forms and all of the other
complications
that flow from a tax code with nearly seven million words.
It has been more than 20 years since President Jimmy Carter labeled
the
Internal Revenue Code a "national disgrace" and called for its complete
overhaul. In all the years since, much has been said or written about
tax
reform - and even a few constructive steps forward have been taken
-- but
the ...