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Thanks for the insight. I really like your podcast. (Also, we share a last name! I'm Chris McKenzie. ;-)) What can be done to simplify US taxes isn't a 1 sente
by kristopolous 9y ago
Thanks for the insight. I really like your podcast. (Also, we share a last name! I'm Chris McKenzie. ;-))
What can be done to simplify US taxes isn't a 1 sentence idea ... Unfortunately, having to be cheap on sophistication and explanation is a limitation of the internet discussion format and people's habituated attention spans for it.
Anyway, for a deep dive, I recommend this book by TR Reid who did a longitudinal analysis of tax systems across the OECD, traveling to the countries and interviewing hundreds of people. He gives things a fair play:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/23/books/review/a-fine-mess-tr-reid.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/23/books/review/a-fine-mess-...
Here's his commonwealth club talk for people who only want to give it an hour:
https://www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2017-04-13/journalist-tr-reid-how-clean-us-tax-system https://www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2017-04-13/journalis...
Again, pleasure to see you and thanks for your time.