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EXCLUSIVE - Bill Johnson Calls for Tax Reform Outside IRS: 'This Is Not a Time for Politics'

posted onSeptember 18, 2017
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Article snippet: “If we want to see innovation and ingenuity return to America, in a way that we haven’t seen it in decades, this is absolutely necessary,” Johnson told Breitbart News outside of the IRS building on Friday where he participated in a demonstration in support of passing tax reform legislation. Friday’s event was spearheaded by the Job Creators Network, which recently launched a multi-million dollar campaign, called “15% on the 15th, to pressure Republican and Democratic lawmakers to pass small business tax cuts by Thanksgiving. “There are going to be those, on both sides of the fence, that try to politicize this. This is not a time for politics,” Johnson said. “This is a time for pragmatism and believing in the strength of America. Our strength is not inside this beltway here. The strength of America is in the indomitable spirit; the heartbeat of the American people. That’s where we thrive, and this is not a time for politics.” John said, “America’s got one of the most onerous tax codes in the western civilized group of nations. Ronald Reagan was the last one that did a big tax reform package. I don’t even think Ronald Reagan would recognize our tax code today; 75,000 pages long.” The Ohio congressman spoke about the impact of America’s tax code on small businesses. “Small businesses create about two-thirds of the jobs in our country.” He added, “95 percent of those small businesses are passed through entities that are taxed as pass-through-entities, like LLCs, sub... Link to the full article to read more

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