No chance that real tax reform will emerge from Beltway swamp

Your recent editorials on March 23 and 29 concerning federal tax reform were hopelessly naïve. There will never be significant tax reform because too many powerful people, not the least of whom are members of Congress, profit from the current system.

That 75,000-page nightmare, which serves only a tiny fraction of our population, didn’t just spontaneously appear. Soon after it was enacted a century ago, members of Congress discovered that they had created the “goose that lays the golden egg.” They found that in exchange for creating loopholes and benefits for special interests, they could reap generous rewards in the form of bribes disguised as campaign contributions. They also found that they could use the tax code to manipulate social behavior in order to conform to their political and philosophical agendas.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren — bless her little heart — has no chance of making any significant changes in the current tax code. The congressional Gambino family, lobbyists and their benefactors in the tax return industry will never let it happen.

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I’m surprised it’s rated that high.

The problem is the United States relies on for-profit heath insurance companies to manage the system — and don’t forget the pharmaceutical companies. They’re all lining their pockets with our money.

There is a bill in the House sponsored by John Conyers and co-sponsored by 65 other legislators — none of whom is Republican — outlining comprehensive heath care for all. However, it will go nowhere because members of Congress will block it because it would mean the loss of contributions from those insurance companies and Big Pharma.

I’m wondering why we have not read nor heard much about this bill. We must remind our government officials that they are beholden to us and demand that they support this bill.