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Environmental spider web not the tax code. we have done okay with our tax code. >> the tax code is a mess and it's because of the 70,000 pages that dictate virtually every aspect of our lives and cost americans about 6 billion hours worth of our time just to comply with. that's the reason six out of 10 of us pay someone else to do our taxes because it's not only complicated we are afraid of making a mistake and getting audited. it created fear as well as xeks city. >> you are s -- complexity. >> you are saying we could use that time more creative might have boosted the economy to do something ...

Spiderweb not the tax code. we have done okay with the tax code. >> the tax code is a mess because of the 70,000 pages that dictate virtually every aspect of our lives and cost americans 6 billion hours of our time just to comply. six out of 10 of us pay someone else because not only so complicated we are afraid to make a mistake to get audited. it has created fear as well as complexity. john: so those six out of 10 could have used that money and time to boost the economy to do something useful? >> i is called deadweight loss. it cost $200 billion per year just to comply with the 70,000 pages ...

Loopholes and the wealthiest will stop fighting so hard if they have the same level playing field as everyone else and people would except that the leadership has not been willing to push it and i think it is a no-brainer we should push it. john: thank you congressman t. levin steve forbes and are laugher and those who have pushed from before me. john: we will hear from him later. what i hate even more is the complication. i resent i have to pay bob for the hours he spends doing my tax forms. but i have to because there is no way i could do mine on my own. the federal tax code is 70,000 pages ...