[goldstategop]

There are just too many people benefiting from our current tax structure to get rid of it, even if that structure was replaced with something simpler and fairer. The uncertainty of change is also a powerful argument for retaining the status quo.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[unixfox]

There are just too many people benefiting from our current tax structure to get rid of it...

Those would be called POLITICIANS. They use it to buy votes and control the masses.