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Originally Posted by finnbow

Whatever changes you'd like to see would involve extensive negotiations and these negotiations would be doomed from the start as Republicans would demand a package whose benefits would skew to their constituents ("job creators" (corporations, the wealthy)), whereas Democrats would demand the resulting package advantage their constituents at the expense of the GOP's constituents. These competing demands cannot be reconciled.

Instead of providing your desired end state for the tax code, show us instead how this can realistically be achieved. Otherwise, you're pissing in the wind.

Here's a novel idea. I've already said a lot in this portion of the thread. So, instead of having me post so you can do what you usually do and piss all over it without offering anything substantive of your own, why don't you share some of your own suggestions?

And by the way, I'm not pie in the sky enough to believe that something like this will happen as a result of Dems and Repubs sitting down and holding hands and agreeing to work toward something bigger than their own narrow interests. The current tax code wasn't built in a day, and it'll take some time and effort to make any major changes.

Groundwork needs to be laid to enable something like this. It starts with electing folks who support the idea. Getting rid of the tax favored status of campaign contributions, and PAC'S would also be helpful. We need to stop electing folks to Congress so that they can spend most of their time increasing their net worth.