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Still a massive tax cut for the wealthy and a massive tax raise for the middle class no matter how you cut it. And still makes it easy to avoid taxes: buy your
by openasocket 9y ago
Still a massive tax cut for the wealthy and a massive tax raise for the middle class no matter how you cut it. And still makes it easy to avoid taxes: buy your goods overseas and ship them here. Not worth it for your groceries and stuff, but for big ticket items it matters a lot.
Not to mention that the fact that we have a progressive tax system isn't the reason it's complicated. The complication is that we have tax exemptions and deductions and the like. And those are valuable tools to making things like owning a house and getting an education more affordable, as well as incentivizing certain beneficial actions like using renewable energy.