I'm all for a Flat Tax on individuals with an elimination of all deductions. Well, I think I might allow two to stay, but two becomes four becomes eight....and so on.
Such a tax is as simple as it gets. But I have good friends, Democrats, who wish to "simplify" the code in a way that is way more progressive than the code we have today. They also want certain deductions retained. And they want to raise corporate taxes.
So what does "simplify" mean? Everybody wants to "simplify," but the meaning of that term is where folks get hung up. The devil is in the details.
Matt, I do agree with your point about the length of bills. I also hate huge omnibus packages. Were I to make one change to Congress, I would require that they have adopted a full fiscal year budget by the beginning of the fiscal year, or begin to forfeit pay proportionally.
I hate this continuing resolution stuff.
Sigh,
but we do get the congress we vote for. Years ago some congressional observer noticed that we tend to think OUR Senators and Representatives are doing fine jobs, but it's the other guys/gals who are no good so-and-so's.
Sigh, again.