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Re:Amazon in Its Prime: Doubles Profits, Pays $0 in Federal ... by komali2 on Wednesday February 13, 2019 @04:15PM (#19157083)
I think the very fact that it is complicated is unfair.

I want one of the following

1. An education system so absurdly stellar that our 18 year old high school graduates have the legal and fiscal expertise to navigate the tax code as expertly as a HSBC financial advisor, or

2. A tax code so simple it can be read and understood, verbatim, by every US citizen.

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Re:Amazon in Its Prime: Doubles Profits, Pays $0 in Federal ... by Sohcahtoa82 on Wednesday February 13, 2019 @08:00PM (#19158756)
> 2. A tax code so simple it can be read and understood, verbatim, by every US citizen.

Not possible considering one-fifth of adults don't understand percentages.

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2016/mar/07/a-fifth-of...

Yeah, the article refers to adults in the UK, but considering how terrible the education system is in the USA, do you think it'd be any better?

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