claim: "there have been literally hundreds of new tax preferences and loopholes added to the code since 1986, last time we did this."
author: rob portman
evidence_1: the 1986 tax reform act. we reprinted the interview with representative ... the  interview with ex-senator packwood took place in the ... at the time, i said that i ...  deductions and credits added to the tax .... because they have been beaten over  .... complexity and the loopholes in the tax code. we were almost desperate to.
evidence_2: "there have been literally hundreds of new tax preferences and loopholes added  to the code since 1986, last time we did this." — politifact ohio on monday, ...
evidence_3: dec 20, 2017 ... republicans have bitterly complained that their plan to cut taxes for ... it is “the  most sweeping tax rewrite in decades” (new york times) or “the ... rather than the  exact same thing they did last time they had power. ... bitter opposition to the  1986 tax reform act — which wiped out real-estate loopholes from ...
evidence_4: their task is particularly challenging since about 40% of citizens feel that they  pay ... here's everything you need to know about taxes and fairness ... the  complexity of the tax code, the machinations of those with special .... have been  literally hundreds of new tax preferences and loopholes added to the code since  1986.
evidence_5: once an obscure tax loophole, the earned income tax credit has achieved  policy ... for the poor have been ravaged over the last decade in the name of  political and .... they emphasized inequities in the tax code, since spending  increases were ... their idea was less to keep working poor families out of  poverty than to make ...