alt Hacker NewsOk what about for the people that mainly earn their living not from an income paid by a job; ie the richest people in the country?
Ok what about for the people that mainly earn their living not from an income paid by a job; ie the richest people in the country?
That's an excellent criticism of the parent and why we really do want a somewhat complex tax code even if it should be far simpler than what we have today.
We also want to balance regressive and progressive taxes, we do want to influence some behaviors through taxes that provide positive social outcomes - there are several really good complexities to have in our tax code. Just not as many as we do today.