We're hiring people to do that kind of forensic analysis. That's, that's basically another three year project. Second thing is we have to simplify and rationalize our tax code. It's simply too complex. Costs at least $400 billion to comply with [the tax code]. It's also totally irrational. Instead of treating all income the same, we arbitrarily treat it differently, hoping to create different various economic incentives. (10:07–10:11)
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