ways and means recalled how it was done in 1986 when it was done right. let's listen to what he described. >> you want to recall the following. in 1986, there were 450 witnesses who offered testimony. there were 30 public hearings on the tax reform act of '86. we have had no public hearings on this legislation. we sought no witness testimony on this legislation. and the entire revenue structure of the country in three and a half weeks from the time the bill put before the ways and means committee to sign the conference report and then perhaps vote on it early next week, there's been no input from democrats. >> and, josh barro, the public is no more happy with it than democrats are. >> yeah. it's remarkable. they get it to the president's desk in probably a week or two and then start paying taxes under the new law on january 1st