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Both parties have been very much in charge of this tax situation in America. Both parties have had many, MANY, majority rule situations over the past decades th

Both parties have been very much in charge of this tax situation in America. Both parties have had many, MANY, majority rule situations over the past decades they could have done anything else about it. Nobody would have been stopping either of them at different points in time if they ever wanted to cash in on their party rhetoric.

Goronmon 7y ago
The problem generally comes down to the fact that no Republican is for improving tax filing. So all it takes is for a handful of Democrats to be lobbied to oppose it and even a Democratic majority can't push changes through.
- briandear 7y ago
  > The problem generally comes down to the fact that no Republican is for improving tax filing. And that’s a lie: https://www.tedcruz.org/postcard/ https://www.tedcruz.org/postcard/ Paul Ryan also proposed something similar. However, Democrats opposed it. Basically if it’s simpler and cheaper taxes, Democrats cry foul. Auto filled forms with the current tax system is just lipstick on a pig.
  - jdashg 7y ago
    No, better filing with the same tax system is empirically a better position. Holding auto-filling hostage to push contentious unrelated systemic changes is dirty, and why we have such gridlock. "I'm willing to allow a wide-consensus change but only if you concede me my very contention change" is not good-faith.
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