On the contrary, I think this is the only solution that will actually occur. The reality is America is incredibly difficulty to change. There are just too many

On the contrary, I think this is the only solution that will actually occur. The reality is America is incredibly difficulty to change. There are just too many people and groups with interest. And I don't even mean this in the conspiratorial way--it's just that simple taxes are in opposition to some of our other goals. For instance, we want simple taxes. But we also want to use the tax structure to incentive certain actions (having kids, buying an electric car, or whatever). Every exception is another check everyone else has to do. This is why every year you need to select whether you were a member of the railroad workers union, or invested in tribal lands, etc. I just am very pessimistic about America's ability to adjust. America is legacy software. By analogy, there's no way we could have reformed the taxi system. It was only by flanking the issue that anything changed.