Taxes do not exist to raise money. If the government needs money, they can just print it. Taxes perform many functions. One of those functions is to limit fede

Taxes do not exist to raise money. If the government needs money, they can just print it. Taxes perform many functions. One of those functions is to limit federal spending, another one of those functions is to discourage certain behaviors, making too much money, burning too much carbon, leaving too much money to your descendants, drinking too much alcohol. Simplifying the tax code is a dumb goal, fight against changes to the tax code that you don't like, but don't assume that the system itself is wrong.