Let's be honest, the tax code is used as the means to influence social/economic decisions, without having to impose any laws. Even take gay marriage as an examp

Let's be honest, the tax code is used as the means to influence social/economic decisions, without having to impose any laws. Even take gay marriage as an example...many states do not allow it still, however; because the IRS has said you can file married filing joint as a gay couple...as long as you were married in a state that allows so, even if you re a resident of a state in which it's illegal, you're good to go. This by itself pretty much made gay marriage legal nation wide. This is just an example, not that gay marriage should or shouldn't have been made legal, but should it be done in this way... using the tax code instead of ratifying the actual laws. It's a long, dark road we have started down with this method, and something needs to be done about it.