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Article: REP. GOODLATTE REINTRODUCES LEGISLATION TO SCRAP TAX CODE

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WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va. (6th CD), issued the following news release:

Congressmen Bob Goodlatte today introduced bipartisan legislation, the Tax Code Termination Act, to abolish the Internal Revenue Code. He has been joined by 65 members, both Republicans and Democrats, who have cosponsored his legislation.

"It has become abundantly clear that the tax code is no longer working in a fair manner for our nation's citizens," said Goodlatte. "Americans devote a total of 7.4 billion hours each year to comply with our current tax code. It is unfair, discourages savings and investment, and is impossibly complex. What we need is tax simplification."

This legislation will ...

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