And that is what we will seek to create. We will only succeed if we can count on the advice and cooperation of the tax community in working through these difficult problems. Let me underline that we view it more as a discussion draft. With the help of interested members of Congress, practitioners such as yourselves, and other groups we look forward to refining our proposals to ensure that they rise to the challenge they are intended to meet. We have long seen great debates about the importance of tax compliance versus service to taxpayers.
People talk about the pendulum swinging from one to the other.
I believe that the distinction is ill-drawn. Rational businessmen recognize that the apparent trade-off between maximizing profits and making high quality products is illusory. Rather, the successful company is successful because it achieves both. That is our objective. And it is not an objective that the public sector can ever fulfill alone.