Want a Better IRS? Simplify the Tax Code
The biggest problem facing the IRS isn’t bad management or lack of resources, but the metastasizing complexity of the tax rules it must administer.
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The biggest problem facing the IRS isn’t bad management or lack of resources, but the metastasizing complexity of the tax rules it must administer.
Congress is known for being dysfunctional. Why hasn’t it been over the past two years?
From the commentary: If that’s the case, then we can think of the complex system of multiple points where policy ideas can be initiated or vetoed as a mechanism to force those who choose to advocate for something such as a veterans health bill into having to learn the system, bargain with others with equally legitimate private interests and work out compromises. That is, it’s a system that tries to teach the advantages of a life of public participation.
Prosecutors have to balance the threat to the nation from indicting a former president against the threat of not doing so. Given the facts, it's just not that hard a choice.
The U.S. political system tries to teach the advantages of bargaining with others and working out compromises.