This sounds a lot like “this codebase is too complex, probably because the last developers weren’t very good, we don’t need all these code branches and special

This sounds a lot like “this codebase is too complex, probably because the last developers weren’t very good, we don’t need all these code branches and special cases, they’re just making it messy, it’s time for something simpler and cleaner” stuff that precedes the often underwhelming rewrite efforts that devs get sucked into. I’m sure it’s possible to improve tax policy but that’d happen through specific conversation about how dynamics from specific relevant pieces of the tax code play out vs how they could play out, not through general judgements like “too complex” that are basically vibes-based.