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>and if we could actually simplify the tax code not gonna happen. there's so many cushy bureaucrat jobs depending on an over-complex tax system that no one's g
by kybernetyk 5y ago
>and if we could actually simplify the tax code
not gonna happen. there's so many cushy bureaucrat jobs depending on an over-complex tax system that no one's going to touch it.
- kingsuper20 5y agoI'd say that the main value of an over-complex tax code is to provide a moat for larger companies.
- bumby 5y agoYeah, I don’t think government jobs are the main driver of a complex tax code, but rather lobbyists who help write loopholes from which their companies can benefit.
- madhadron 5y agoNot quite. The biggest lobbyists against it are Intuit and other tax prep companies. The American myth of cushy bureaucrat jobs, and that the creation of such jobs is a major force in policy, is propaganda.