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Why wouldn't that be the case? People put up with raises in all kinds of expenses without really noticing or complaining. Why would it be any different with tax

• bobthepanda 3y ago
  it is just a bit hypocritical that the anti-tax people, who cloak in words about small government, are opposed to a less intrusive form of government services that would also generally cost taxpayers less (since Turbotax et. al. are always steering users of their products into higher tiers they probably don't need) "we want to make your life worse so that you align with our political goals" is generally a terrible thing to admit to out loud
  • nox101 2y ago
    You're spinning their POV. Their POV is, harder taxes = less taxes, easier taxes = more taxes. I'm not saying that will work for them but I can see it as defendable idea. I think many of them would also like to see a ban on auto tax deduction. Their POV is if everyone has to send a check to the government they'll vote for less taxes where as with auto-deduction, most people just look at their after tax income and ignore the rest (and see their "refund" as a bonus which it isn't) I think I'm mostly on the "simpler is better" where simpler should be "get the tax code to fit on 2 pages of 10pt single spaced letter sized paper. Something simple like "+0.25% for every 1k over 10k up to 50%" the end. I'd be curious to know which country has the simplest taxes