re: The state income tax deduction is a great illustration of the problems of our tax system

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Been saying it for years, taxation is as much a tool for social engineering and vote-buying, as it is for raising revenue for the govt, perhaps moreso.

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100%

when i took various tax law classes in law school, our professor was not silent about this

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By far the biggest reason we will never get any kind of fair or flat tax has nothing to do with impact on revenue, and everything to do with Big Government’s refusal to relenquish their ability to control the electorate.

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yup

i've been kind of quiet lately but yesterday got into it on FB with some people about this tax plan. a local DEM guy asked for positives and i stayed very bland (simplifying the tax code and making it more equal) and a bunch of people basically argued "why is a simple tax plan better?"