This is the Grover Norquist / Tea Party position: it's important to keep tax preparation horrible so that people have a healthy hatred of paying taxes. I consid

This is the Grover Norquist / Tea Party position: it's important to keep tax preparation horrible so that people have a healthy hatred of paying taxes. I consider this an extremely ideological stance. Simplifying the tax code is an intractable problem. The tax code becomes complicated because of the very nature of congress, and I would say it is because of the very nature of taxes. The US is not the only country with a complex tax code! What is the likelihood that we would get some sort of sweeping reforms like the ones you're looking for? What is the likelihood that the reforms you are imagining are even possible at all? (If you're a self-critical type, how certain are you that the reforms in your imagination would really help people that much?) Passing a bill like this would be a boon for hundreds of millions of people. It is certain, it is immediate, it is politically achievable.