This reminds me of this npr story, https://www.npr.org/2017/03/29/521954033/stanford-professor-loses-political-battle-to-simplify-tax-filing-process https://ww

This reminds me of this npr story, https://www.npr.org/2017/03/29/521954033/stanford-professor-loses-political-battle-to-simplify-tax-filing-process https://www.npr.org/2017/03/29/521954033/stanford-professor-..., where the tax law professor found it more effective to buy access to the congess-people.