Why not a flat tax?
Posted By: ladydawgfan, 9/25/2021 5:27:30 PM
The U.S. tax code is gargantuan and convoluted beyond all human comprehension. According to the Tax Foundation, if you count the actual tax laws, you end up with over 2,600 pages. But if you add the IRS regulations and clarifications, you get another roughly 9,000 pages. Finally, if you then add tax case law, you get 70,000 more pages. Considering such vast complexity, it doesn't really matter what basic tax rates are. There is a widespread and legitimate feeling that people who can afford shrewd attorneys will always find loopholes, and therefore nothing much will change.
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Amen!! Unfortunately, like most issues these days, Washington leftists don't want the solution, they want the issue! They want the soundbite and the subject of political commercials! They don't want to solve problems, they want to grandstand for their media toadies on the steps of the Capitol Building! They don't even really want to "tax the rich" because the vast majority of them already ARE "rich," as are their major donors and lobbyist buddies. This is an issue that will not be solved until ALL of the tyrds in D.C. are flushed completely!!!