As Amended by House Commettee
Session of 1998
House Concurrent Resolution No. 5037
By Representatives Beggs, Aurand, Ballou, Boston, Carmody,
Compton,
Cox, Dahl,
Dreher, Geringer, Gilmore, Glasscock, Horst, Humerick-
house,
Hutchins, Jennison, Johnson, Phill Kline, Lane, Mason, Mays,
McCreary,
Morrison, Myers, Neufeld, O'Connor, Osborne, Packer,
Palmer,
Powell, Powers, Presta, Schwartz, Shallenburger, Shore,
Sloan,
Spangler, Stone, Swenson, Tanner, Vickrey, Vining, Wagle and
Wilson
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A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION memorializing the Congress of
the
17 United States to enact
legislation that will sunset the IRS Code by
18 December 31, 2000, and
to develop and complete a replacement tax
19 code for the American
people.
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21 WHEREAS, The IRS Code is
beyond repair; and
22 WHEREAS, The IRS Code is
the core of the distrust of government
23 the American people feel; and
24 WHEREAS, The current tax
code is seven million words, compared
25 to Lincoln's Gettysburg Address of 269
words, and the Declaration of
26 Independence of 1,337 words; and
27 WHEREAS, The IRS's
``simplest'' return, the EZForm 1040, has 33
28 pages of instructions, and the IRS Form
1040 has 76 pages of instructions;
29 and
30 WHEREAS, Individual
taxpayers will spend 1.7 billion hours and
31 American business will spend 3.4 billion
hours each year simply trying to
32 comply with the tax code--which is
equivalent to a ``staff'' of three million
33 people working full time, year round, just
on taxes; and
34 WHEREAS, Taxes are too
high, but any steps to lower taxes by mod-
35 ifying the existing tax code would make it
even longer and more confusing;
36 and
37 WHEREAS, This proposal
embodies a prudent method and adequate
38 time for developing a new tax code: Now,
therefore,
39 Be it resolved by the
House of Representatives of the State of Kansas,
40 the Senate concurring
therein: That the legislature request of the Con-
41 gress of the United States enactment of
legislation which will abolish the
42 IRS Code by December 31, 2000, and replace
it with a new method of
43 taxation which in essence will:
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1 Lower taxes, to create
job opportunities
2 Foster growth, by
encouraging work and savings
3 Be fair, for all
taxpayers
4 Be simple enough for
all taxpayers to understand
5 Be neutral, allowing
people, not government to make choices
6 Be visible, so people
know the cost of government
7 Be stable, so people
can plan for the future.
8 Be it further resolved:
That this resolution shall not be construed
9 to indicate the legislatures favor
for the replacement of the federal
10 income tax with any federal sales tax or
flat rate income tax system
11 which results in a shifting of the
existing federal income tax burden
12 from one population segment to the
average taxpayer;
13 Be it further
resolved: That the legislature request the several
states
14 apply to Congress for enactment of this
proposal; and
15 Be it further
resolved: That copies of this resolution, attesting to
the
16 adoption of this resolution, be forwarded
by the Chief Clerk of the House
17 of Representatives to the President of the
Senate and the Speaker of the
18 House of Representatives of the United
States, to each of the senators
19 and representatives from Kansas and to the
legislatures of each of the
20 several states.
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