>The expense for all those accountants, lawyers, lobbyist, and inefficiencies caused by artificially shuffling money around would outweigh just paying the 10-15

>The expense for all those accountants, lawyers, lobbyist, and inefficiencies caused by artificially shuffling money around would outweigh just paying the 10-15% tax bill. That will certainly raise the bar to which paying for those services is worth it, assuming none of them change their prices, find a loophole or scheme, or don't develop new technology to reduce their operating costs. In fact, establishing a 10-15% tax and then getting the public to wring their hands while saying "thank god that's taken care of" is asking to continue to lose tax money to these schemes.