I personally believe the tax code should be simplified. I don’t believe in rewarding someone or hurting someone with the tax code however that is irrespective of whether it is constitutional for the govt to license marriage as originally defined and not generic unions and call them marriage.
The judges ruling is crap and while I support less of a role of govt in my life govt supporting marriage as it has always been and rationally defined is not high on my list of oppression. What I do see as oppressive is those who would intimidate and deprive me of liberty because of my very valid and reasoned opinions concerning one form of “sexual” behavior.
If I were granted Carte Blanche over the way we do taxes on the federal level here’s what I’d do:
An individual* income tax set to a universal fixed and uniform rate of 10% [for ease of calculation] with no exceptions, exemptions, credits, or write-offs which would be charged/billed semi-annually {NO WITHHOLDING}.
{*Individual because that would necessarily keep churches, which are not individuals from being taxed; pastors, however, are individuals. It would also keep corporations from being taxed on their profit/incomes/”capital gains” allowing them to R&D... which they will have to employ [more] INDIVIDUALS for.}