It has been a standard practice to discourage tax laws by making them apply to everyone equally. But there is really no reason for that to be the case. Perhaps

It has been a standard practice to discourage tax laws by making them apply to everyone equally. But there is really no reason for that to be the case. Perhaps I have the advantage of having worked on Big Data problems with the NSA, and we live in a time when it is possible to write laws that allow people like you and me to have almost no "red tape" associated with our financial transactions. So, while I agree with your observations, I know that they are also a tactic used by the rich.