> ... why can't we implement a tax system that isn't a Byzantine train wreck? Because the people with power (money) like it this way. They aren't interested

> ... why can't we implement a tax system that isn't a Byzantine train wreck? Because the people with power (money) like it this way. They aren't interested in what is fair for everyone, they are only interested in what they can get away with. The rich can afford to hire a team of lawyers and accountants to navigate the tax system, and pay almost nothing. But they have to keep the fiction up that they are paying tax by having their "on the books" tax rate be non-zero.