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I don't really care what side of the political aisle you are on, or if you think we are being taxed too much or too little in total. The fact that someone who p
by the_watcher 11y ago
I don't really care what side of the political aisle you are on, or if you think we are being taxed too much or too little in total. The fact that someone who passed a high school level econ course and gets no further formal education cannot ever hope to understand the tax code without being a true exception is a huge problem.
- eli 11y agoI've always been surprised that Intuit (maker of TurboTax) hasn't taken more heat for openly lobbying against making taxes easier to pay. I don't think that's the only or even the primary reason we don't have simpler taxes, but it's so shameless. http://www.propublica.org/article/how-the-maker-of-turbotax-fought-free-simple-tax-filing http://www.propublica.org/article/how-the-maker-of-turbotax-...
- anigbrowl 11y agoYeah, a desire for tax simplification seems popular across virtually the whole political spectrum (leaving out a few ideologues at the fringes who want communism or the complete elimination of taxation). I suspect part of the reason for the political inertia on this topic (besides all those sweet, sweet lobbying $$$) is that the tax code is now so complex that it's enormously difficult to assess what the net effects of simplifying it would be.
- the_watcher 11y agoIt's also something that, while everyone seems to agree on it, the actual process of simplifying it is stupifyingly boring.