This is how taxation works:
1. Congress creates a tax code.
2. Donors get congress to put in special exemptions.
3. Congress complains about unfair tax code, while pocketing donations.
4. Congress passes tax reform, elimination special exemptions.
5. go to #2.
Tax reform is today’s guarantee of tomorrow’s special interest donation.
I think another of the big problems with taxation as it currently stands is that it is a welfare program for tens of thousands of bureaucrats. (I’ve seen numbers between 79,000 and 110,000 employees for the IRS).
Try finding one who can give an answer to a tax question in April. They are all clueless. I would bet the vast majority of these people could not find jobs in the private sector because they do very little and are overpaid for what minimal skills they have. Not all, but most. I would be curious to know how many are affirmative action hires.