the infrastructure bill is awful, but pitting it against tax policy proposals is a false dichotomy. both can be bad and in need of change. taxes should be simp

the infrastructure bill is awful, but pitting it against tax policy proposals is a false dichotomy. both can be bad and in need of change. taxes should be simple, continuous and highly progressive. if it were so, most americans (90+%) would enjoy the same or lower tax rates with little change in public services and potentially a boost in infrastructure. we’re highly inefficient and there’s little political will to change that.