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The influence pedlers in D.C. don't want the IRS code changed
http://mytakenow73.blogspot.com/2014/01/the-taxpayer-in-me-asks-why-u.html ^ | Jan 2014 | Holbert

Posted on 04/20/2014 2:35:54 PM PDT by mytakenow73

. Is it possible that the people in Washington D.C. who sell their influence and the rest of the people in Washington D.C. that are buying that influence don’t want to solve the problem? Senators and Representatives often talk about simplifying the tax code but it never happens. The very complexity of the tax code creates an enormous opportunity for special interest lobbyists in Washington. Given the large campaign war chests amassed by incumbents from special interest lobbyists and the companies they represent I think that we can correctly surmise why the tax code exists as it does.

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TOPICS: Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: taxpayer; taxreform

1 posted on 04/20/2014 2:35:54 PM PDT by mytakenow73
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To: mytakenow73
Anything which will reduce payroll/revenue to the government will be opposed...It's why the tax structure has not been dramatically changed to benefit the tax payers.

But they throw a bone to the tax peasants and talk about it year in and year out.

2 posted on 04/20/2014 2:43:21 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: mytakenow73; humblegunner

Ping


3 posted on 04/20/2014 2:51:40 PM PDT by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57, returning after lurking since 2000)
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To: dragnet2

There is too much money in the current tax code for the ruling class to let it go. Not just in tax breaks for politically connected wealthy people, but income for people in the lobby industry, in the tax prep industry, the lawyers, not to mention the politicians!

This is why all proposed “campaign finance reforms” are backwards. It is not that we need to get the money out of politics we need to get the politics out of money!


4 posted on 04/20/2014 2:56:41 PM PDT by logic101.net (How many more children must die on the altar of gun control?)
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To: mytakenow73

I don’t want it changed either. I want it replaced.


5 posted on 04/20/2014 2:57:07 PM PDT by taxcontrol
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To: mytakenow73

We have the government the Central Oligarchy Party wants to have. During elections, each wing makes noises that appeal to voter turnout of their wing. Afterwards, nothing changes. Don’t kid yourself.


6 posted on 04/20/2014 3:07:29 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion
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To: mytakenow73

I am very certain the premise of this article is true.

There are way, way too many people in DC and around the country making way, way too much money off the tax code as it exists. Lawyers, tax lawyers, CPAs, bookkeepers, financial advisors, companies like H&R Block in Intuit (TurboTax), the list goes on and on.

Congress talks a good line. But I doubt the tax code will be significantly simplified in our lifetimes.


7 posted on 04/20/2014 3:26:59 PM PDT by upchuck (Support ABLE, the Anybody But Lindsey Effort. Yes, we are the ABLE!!)
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To: mytakenow73; All

Corrupt federal lawmakers are laughing all the way to the bank for the following reason. As a consequence of parents not teaching their children about the federal government’s constitutionally limited powers, “special interest lobbyists and the companies they represent” don’t seem to understand that the states have never delegated to the feds, via the Constitution, the specific powers to legislatively address the issues that lobbyists and companies are seeking to control by bribing lawmakers.


8 posted on 04/20/2014 4:02:51 PM PDT by Amendment10
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To: mytakenow73
We need major tax reform because it would be the biggest return of power back to the people of the United States since the American Revolution itself. And the only reform that can do this totally is the FairTax proposal (H.R. 25/S. 122--yes, it's a real bill in Congress).
9 posted on 04/20/2014 4:16:28 PM PDT by RayChuang88 (FairTax: America's economic cure)
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To: mytakenow73

Hey! They went to school for this occupation!

They are entitled to their accounting income!

Unlike Doctors who went to school for 8 years, the Accountants are entitled!

/s


10 posted on 04/20/2014 5:26:18 PM PDT by hadaclueonce (Because Brawndo's got electrolytes. Because Ethanol has Big Corn Lobby)
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To: mytakenow73

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11 posted on 04/20/2014 7:15:29 PM PDT by skinkinthegrass (The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun. Cattlegate..0'Caligula / 0'Reid? ;-)
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To: mytakenow73

many say they do, almost none truly do. both sides.


12 posted on 04/20/2014 10:05:10 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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