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Every country enacts social policy and subsidy through the tax code; the US is not special that way. The US is special because the process of writing the tax c
by dsr_ 1y ago
Every country enacts social policy and subsidy through the tax code; the US is not special that way.
The US is special because the process of writing the tax code is corrupt. (Not uniquely corrupt, but certainly near an extreme among major countries.)
The US is also special because it has 50 states, all of which have their own thoughts about taxes.
- greybeardgeek 1y agoNot to mention the almost 5K local income tax jurisdictions in the US https://taxfoundation.org/research/all/state/local-income-taxes-2019/ https://taxfoundation.org/research/all/state/local-income-ta...
- jrochkind1 1y agoI have read several articles suggesting that the US does this more than most other countries, has a more complicated tax code as a result, and that is one reason why the US doesn't have more automated collection like most other countries. But I don't have the articles at hand, and don't feel like an internet debate today, left as an exersize to the reader!