In Win For White House, Rand Paul Says He Will Vote ‘Yes’ On Tax Reform

In a surprising reversal that President Donald Trump will undoubtedly tout as a major victory, Kentucky Senator Rand Paul has publicly confirmed that he will be voting ‘Yes’ on the GOP tax plan when the senate votes on it later this week.
Paul says he will vote ‘yes’ even though the tax overhaul ‘isn’t perfect’ and he’d like to see a larger cut. In an opinion piece published on Fox News’s website, Paul explained the reasoning behind his change of heart in greater detail.
Ultimately, Paul said, he is voting ‘yes’ because the US tax code, which has 97 different federal taxes, must be simplified. Congress can always authorize more cuts at a later date. In fact, Paul says if the public will is strong enough, Congress could authorize a new tax cut every year.
Currently, there are at least 97 different federal taxes. The tax code that instructs people how they must hand over their hard-earned money to government spans some 74,000-plus pages.
This is absurd, and so is the fact that government will collect over $3 trillion from taxpayers next year but still is not satisfied still is not satisfied.

This post was published at Zero Hedge on Nov 27, 2017.