Originally Posted by Fire

His reply doesn't matter.. It will not change until drastic action is takin. Congress has too much power invested in the federal tax code. That's 435 people on different pages that you need to get on one page.

Aside from congress' controlling powers - Income tax compliance is a multi billion dollar a year operation. With a flat tax, or anything simple, thousands upon thousands of tax preparation personnel will be unemployed and have no other viable skills. This is not going to happen.