The tax code is nothing but a tax envy vehicle which politicians drive so they can vote buy. The stupidest thing Americans ever did was allow withholding; the socialist slide couldn't have happened without it.
Congress still hasn't approved temporary relief
And that's is all it will ever be for most of us b/c it steals too much money.
If more people get stuck by the AMT then maybe the sheople will wake up and demand real reform to the joke of a 60K page tax code. Not holding breath.
whatever gave you the idea that Americans ‘allowed’ witholding?
It goes back farther than you think - the Civil War! But in recent times, more recent anyway, is FDR and the brainchild of a former Macys dept store head, who noted that installment payments are easier. The amount of money collected that first year went way beyond their projections.