I don't disagree that the tax code has to be reformed. I think everybody on this committee probably agrees that there should be tax reform.
The issue I have is that over the last few weeks we've heard from chambers of commerce and so-called expert groups. If you're a small business, your number one objective is to pay less tax. That's the nature of being an entrepreneur or businessman. I am an MP, and my number one objective is to provide accessible service to my constituents.
When we hear that people take these—I would hate to use that word, so I won't use it—hypothetical scenarios and proposals.... You mentioned that somebody did not go forward with a transaction on the sale of a business, but these proposals were going to be going forward and there's nothing in the proposals that would have impacted somebody selling their business.