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Article: Time to sunset the tax code

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The tax code gets more complicated and unfair with each passing year, and there is plenty of blame to go around. Both Republicans and Democrats -- as well as hundreds of interest groups -- are constantly manipulating the code. Some of the changes are the result of back- room deal-making, while others are straightforward attempts to reward "good" behavior and punish "bad" behavior.

The final result, however, is an irrational tax system that defies understanding. What began in 1913 as a single two-page form, backed up by 14 pages of law, has become a 17,000-page disgrace that requires 703 different forms. More than seven times longer than the Bible, the tax code's 5.5 million words have ...

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