you have max baucus and john
grassley and john kerry.
the philosophical balance is are
there.
they have had a lot of hearings.
when i was on the finance
committee in 2007, we were
derrek -- we were having
hearings then in a run of of
what should be tax reform.
broadbased, fundamental tax
reform takes at least three
years to lay the groundwork,
have the hearing, the site where
you can lose the loopholes.
-- close the loopholes.
if they would look at this
across the board and try to make
a more fair tax code and take
away some of the incentives, but
then tried to lower the rates
with individuals and corporate
tax rate, i think it would be
very good for the country and
for job creation.
one of the things i say to paul
ryan, chairman of the budget
committee, remember as jack kemp
is to say, never say the word