> Really, a simplified tax system without such should be the goal Yes, it should be, because in addition to complex tax systems introducing loopholes and excep

> Really, a simplified tax system without such should be the goal Yes, it should be, because in addition to complex tax systems introducing loopholes and exceptions, they also become more complex to collect. If taxes were simple and straightforward, you would sink an entire industry in the US. There's a whole money pit around just getting money from people to their government. That's money you could, instead, be getting as taxes.