>It's a trap because when you really look into it you realise the world isn't absolute, I think most of us could come up with a better tax system for example in

>It's a trap because when you really look into it you realise the world isn't absolute, I think most of us could come up with a better tax system for example in theory which looks obvious however when you start to look into it you realise the the real world is messy. I completely disagree. Yes, the real world is messy, but it's not that messy. A better tax system would be very easy to come up with, and I can prove it with one word: Europe. European tax systems are far simpler than the US tax code. This is objectively true, and easy to verify for yourself with a little research (or just talking to someone who lives in Europe). This is despite these countries being generally more socialistic than the US. So, it's very simple: if countries like Germany and France and Belgium can come up with far simpler tax codes than America, then there's no reason the US can't too. You're right about your other points, but this was just a terrible example, and completely US-centric and myopic. The US tax code isn't a mess because "the real world is messy", it's a mess because the US has extremely poor governance compared to other developed nations. Most European laugh about our stressing about taxes, and having to hire H&R Block or use TurboTax when we just have a regular W-2 job.