Not after a lot longer either; I was present for some attempts at social security and tax system rewrites in my country and they failed (massive write offs that

Not after a lot longer either; I was present for some attempts at social security and tax system rewrites in my country and they failed (massive write offs that sparked scandals); they are massive, mainframe systems with many decades of changes. I think 'understanding' the current system would be a bit of a problem.