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This is not the thread to argue about taxation, but if you ask any expert on the subject he will agree that the laws and regulations of the US tax system have become so bloated that it is unmanageable and cannot be understood completely except by a team of highly-paid lawyers (erm, your calling, Taliesan?). And we know the only who can afford them -- the ultra-rich. Why do you think they pay the least, from a tax-rate perspective?
The only remedy is to cut the whole tax system up into smaller pieces and simplify, with strict oversight by an independent body. This will result in a more transparent and fairer system. I may end up paying even more, who knows? The point is that if it is transparent then it will not become an instrument for winning votes (e.g., political corruption), paying $250 million to build a bridge to a 50-person island in Alaska or $800 for a toilet seat in the Pentagon.
And I would definitely support that.
