April 04, 2005

54,846 Pages

Did you know that the US Tax Code is 54,846 pages long? How can any human be expected to comprehend this, much less comply? This is probably why there are 32 million penalties assessed every year. Reminds me of Heinlein’s proposed constitutional amendment, something along the lines of “any law too complex for the average American to understand in a half hour or so should be unconstitutional.”

Cato News Release - April 14, 2003

Posted by ts at April 4, 2005 04:29 PM
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Ah, a gleam o' the old libertarian that I knew so long ago shining through...

Technology has come through to prevent the citizenry from getting too worked about tax code complexity...

It's all TurboTax these days...

Posted by: John K at April 4, 2005 08:02 PM
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