Can the US tax code be simplified with computer modeling and simulation(petitions.whitehouse.gov)

7 pointsby gryphon6514 anni fa2 comments

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Can the US tax code be simplified with computer modeling and simulation

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/have-cbo-perform-open-computerized-mathematical-model-tax-code-find-simplified-tax-code/6sP3nQSV

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rogerbinns14 anni fa

A big reason for why things are so screwed up is corrupt politicians who use their power as a fund raising mechanism. For example there were several taxes added temporarily to see if they worked well. They did, but congress doesn't make them permanent. Instead they wait to be paid each time to renew them temporarily again. (This started in the Reagan administration.)

See this excellent talk by Lessig: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ik1AK56FtVc The whole tax provisions as fund raising is covered at 7m30s.

I congress were actually honourable and I was president I'd mandate that the tax code shrinks by 10% each year. If the politicians can't find 10% then at the end of year every 10th provision is automatically deleted.

gryphon6514 anni fa

Science fiction writer David Brin talks about this: http://davidbrin.blogspot.com/2011/05/no-losers-tax-simplifi...