Did you seriously just propose a flat tax or did I misread you? If the former, I'd love for you to do a deep dive on the concept, because my understanding is that it's a deeply inequitable way of handling taxation.
It would be interesting to see the evidence, any evidence, that shows more money thrown at government bureaucracies has improved efficiencies. I have been waiting for 5 months for a simple letter from the IRS attesting that I am a US resident. I have also been told to call the IRS to verify my ID so I can receive a $10,000 refund due for over a year. I have called every day, sometimes twice a day, and been told every time to "try again later" as they are too busy to take my call at that time. The US tax code and its administration is a nightmare, the fault of both parties. I also pay taxes in the UK and Tanzania and can attest to the fact that both the tax system and administration in both countries are like night and day compared to the US experience.
It would seem your example is a perfect anecdote for the issue at hand. IRS budgets have been cut over time, which leads to understaffing, which leads to inability to handle issues such as yours. Sounds to me like you would want the staffing increase.
As I said in my first sentence “It would be interesting to see the evidence, any evidence, that shows more money thrown at government bureaucracies has improved efficiencies.” Can you provide any evidence to support your supposition that more money will provide better service? And are you suggesting that a tax I just got back from my local tax office. 2 “specialists”. Both took 2 hour lunches. Both had meetings scheduled in 30 minute intervals and all the meetings took less than 15 minutes leaving them twiddling their thumbs for the other 15 minutes. And for a little more factual context. The US tax code has over 1 million words. By way of comparison, the King James Bible has 788,280 words; War and Peace runs 560,000 words; and the Harry Potter series is just over 1 million words.
Did you seriously just propose a flat tax or did I misread you? If the former, I'd love for you to do a deep dive on the concept, because my understanding is that it's a deeply inequitable way of handling taxation.
It would be interesting to see the evidence, any evidence, that shows more money thrown at government bureaucracies has improved efficiencies. I have been waiting for 5 months for a simple letter from the IRS attesting that I am a US resident. I have also been told to call the IRS to verify my ID so I can receive a $10,000 refund due for over a year. I have called every day, sometimes twice a day, and been told every time to "try again later" as they are too busy to take my call at that time. The US tax code and its administration is a nightmare, the fault of both parties. I also pay taxes in the UK and Tanzania and can attest to the fact that both the tax system and administration in both countries are like night and day compared to the US experience.
It would seem your example is a perfect anecdote for the issue at hand. IRS budgets have been cut over time, which leads to understaffing, which leads to inability to handle issues such as yours. Sounds to me like you would want the staffing increase.
As I said in my first sentence “It would be interesting to see the evidence, any evidence, that shows more money thrown at government bureaucracies has improved efficiencies.” Can you provide any evidence to support your supposition that more money will provide better service? And are you suggesting that a tax I just got back from my local tax office. 2 “specialists”. Both took 2 hour lunches. Both had meetings scheduled in 30 minute intervals and all the meetings took less than 15 minutes leaving them twiddling their thumbs for the other 15 minutes. And for a little more factual context. The US tax code has over 1 million words. By way of comparison, the King James Bible has 788,280 words; War and Peace runs 560,000 words; and the Harry Potter series is just over 1 million words.