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*** CLT&G Update ***
Monday, April 14, 1997

NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
Monday, April 14, 1997

For Further Information Contact:
Chip Ford - (508) 538-3900
Barbara Anderson - (617) 248-0022

CLT&G Joins Call for Federal Tax Overhaul

Tomorrow Citizens for Limited Taxation & Government will join Congressmen Dan Schaefer (R-CO), Billy Tauzin (R-LA) and others calling for abolishing the U.S. Tax Code, the federal income tax, and the Internal Revenue Service.

The symbolic tossing of the tax code into Boston Harbor from Beaver II, the historic Boston Tea Party ship, will occur at 11:40 AM.

Congressmen Schaefer and Tauzin, co-chairmen of the National Retail Sales Tax Caucus, and other congressional sponsors will introduce legislation next week to replace the federal income tax with a revenue-neutral retail sales tax of 15 percent, and abolish the IRS.

While not endorsing this specific legislation without complete assurance that the income tax amendment to the U.S. Constitution would be repealed simultaneously, CLT&G supports a total overhaul of an outdated federal tax system.

"The current tax code and filing requirements are unnecessarily onerous and time consuming; confusing even to IRS employees and CPAs; subject to special interest loopholes; intimidating and far too intrusive," said Chip Ford, co-director of CLT&G. "While this proposal may not be exactly the right vehicle, it's moving in a positive direction and will help open discussion for a long overdue overhaul."

One of the unpublicized advantages of a national retail sales tax is: Though they would have considerably more of their earnings to spend, with every purchase taxpayers would become aware of the real cost of government.

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