If congress is to simplify the tax code to $rate = $rate->{calculate_bracket($amount_of_revenue)} then the members of congress would lose 99% of their net worth

If congress is to simplify the tax code to $rate = $rate->{calculate_bracket($amount_of_revenue)} then the members of congress would lose 99% of their net worth because there would be nothing special that is worth any money that the members of congress could do so they could reap some money for doing it. which is why this would never happen.