"The Tax Code is now about four million words, nearly as long as seven versions of War and Peace or the novel version of Les Miserables and just under four times the number of words in all of the Harry Potter books put together."
This huge volume of incomprehensible bull-shit isn't about who owes taxes, it's all about who doesn't owe taxes. 99% is loopholes from corporate lobbyists seeking lower taxes for corporate clients.
If the average citizen can't read and comprehend what he owes he shouldn't have to pay. No reason the code can't be a dozen understandable pages with a fair amount paid by everyone, privately and corporately.
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