[EternalVigilance]

It may well be wasted effort. But that doesn't change the fact that, if you lay them all off, you risk a depression and re-assigning them to truly productive work takes at least a year, while prices have already gone up by say 30% and stayed there.

Freedom's a risky business.

Takes some courage to walk out of the jail cell...

[expatpat]

Fools rush in.....

You have to look at the risk/reward trade-off, and a depression or having both IT and FT are risks that are not adequately rewarded, IMO. I don't go walking on any freeways looking for quarters -- I hope you don't either.

[AzaleaCity5691]

What happens to all the CPA's though. Accounting firms are big corporate entities, that provide alot of people with good jobs, and I'm not so sure it's a good idea to completely up-end that without having a sort of back up plan.

Tax Reform is something that has to be done rapidly, for the precise reason of avoiding a shock to the system.