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Congresswoman Virginia Foxx released the following statement today on the state of the U.S. tax system, recognizing the difficulty that average Americans have complying with the tax code each year:

 “Our tax system should encourage rather than punish innovation, hard work and thrift.  Instead, each April 15 families and businesses are reminded of just how byzantine and punitive the American tax code is. 

 “Our tax rules and regulations run to thousands of pages. Even the man tasked with overseeing the IRS, Treasury Secretary Geithner, recently found it impossible to comply with this burdensome outrage we call the tax code.

 “It comes as no surprise then that today in hundreds of towns and cities across America countless American’s are venting their fatigue and frustration with an unfair tax system and a spend-thrift Washington addicted to massive amounts of tax dollars.

 “Americans have had it.  Our bloated government and our expansive and incomprehensible tax system have spawned a new generation of tea parties across the nation.  I am encouraged by the prospect of millions of Americans who are ready for meaningful tax and spending reform that will change Washington’s wasteful ways and put American’s money back where it belongs—in their pockets.”