It's tax season and millions of Americans are spending billions of dollars and hours preparing their tax returns. My proposal last year for tax simplification did not catch on, but I'm sticking with it until it does.

The Republican Party in Congress should put up for a vote the USA-FATCATS Act (Undertaking to Save America by Forbidding Accounting Tips for Congressmen to Achieve Tax Simplification). The law would be quite simple: neither the President nor any member of the House or Senate would be allowed any outside assistance in preparing their tax returns (yes, there's no "P" for president in the name of the bill, but we know how much the Beltway crowd loves their cutely acronymous legislation). The objective is equally simple: if the corrupt, money-grubbing politicians in Washington had to actually confront the monstrous leviathan of a tax code they created, they'd simplify it rather quickly.

In their votes, every elected federal official would have to take a public stand on whether they would personally deal with the tax code. A no vote would be a clear "let them eat cake" statement while a yes vote would demonstrate solidarity with the average American taxpayer. Any takers? At least Tom Coburn ought to like the idea.

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