Perhaps the biggest problem is the complexity with which US tax law is applied. Because it's such a challenge to understand I suspect most people immediately begin to experience "eye-glaze" and move quickly to something else that doesn't demand such a large part of the brain to process (Garfield comics come to mind here). As a result, the policies are made without much challenge because most of us - self included - wouldn't have a clue one way or the other on how the policy will look, feel or work once it's put into motion. Says a lot for simplification of the tax code, but I am concerned that by simplifying, there may be a larger burden placed upon the backs of those who are least able to pay, simply because there wouldn't be a way to capture some of the more...creative revenue streams that flow in business. With that said, I would add that I know just enough about taxes to be dangerous, and the one thing I know with absolute certainly about them is that I detest paying them when I have no voice in how those tax dollars are used.