George M. Middius wrote:


Bruce J. Richman said:

From my perspective, the problem is not so much the issue of taxation, but
how
it is applied. The IRS in and of itself is one of the largest bureacracies
and
promotes one of the most complex, complicated and unfair taxation systems
ever
devised.

Your observation is absolutely right, except that you omitted an
attribution of the arcane maze of dodges, loopholes, and addenda to
codicils to amendments to exceptions. All that crap comes from the
Congress, as you know, and every little bit is enacted at the behest of
lobbyists acting on behalf of interested parties. How the tax code is
written is not the fault of the IRS. You could, however, make a case that
the IRS is unfair, arbitrary, even capricious in how they administer it.



Actually, we agree, since I did mention the involvement of lobbyists in
perpetuating the fiasco known as the IRS.
And yes, I think its administration of the tax code is unfair, arbitrary and
capricious.



Bruce J. Richman