From Power to Purpose, by Sam Brownback: on Tax Reform

Kill tax code with a dull ax

I think the current tax code should be taken behind the barn and killed with a dull ax! I also strongly support an optional flat tax as a means to offer Americans a choice while we work to reform the current tax code. But step 2 of balancing the budget is to restrain federal spending to a pace below the rate of the economic growth of federal receipts. That has been a failure. The system is built to spend whether Democrats or Republicans are in office. The system must be changed to control wasteful spending! And it can be changed.