I don’t think the person you responded to is being disingenuous, and I didn’t sense that they were advocating for top earners to avoid paying because of complex

I don’t think the person you responded to is being disingenuous, and I didn’t sense that they were advocating for top earners to avoid paying because of complexity. Far from it. They were mentioning how incredibly complicated tax returns become once income becomes significant and diverse. A myriad of loopholes and accounting tricks make determining their “fair share” very difficult. The poster is asserting that a much more simple tax code would help alleviate this.