As a personal example, I left the military reserve because, inter alia, the joy of serving my country mattered less than the tax beating I was taking for being

As a personal example, I left the military reserve because, inter alia, the joy of serving my country mattered less than the tax beating I was taking for being bumped into a higher bracket. That is: (dis)incentives matter. Maybe we can agree that our tax system is a Byzantine train wreck in need of reform.