they passed something today about the AMT. It wasn't this but probably readjusted the AMT and added some democrat piffle about oil copmanies and the top 2 percent.
I'm sure it was a slight readjustment even though I haven't seen the legislation. These things constantly have to be readjusted. If it were a vote for repeal it would be all over the news.
I think the simplified tax form would be difficult for even some of the very rich to resist, and it would be harder for them to cheat if there are fewer people using the form with all the deductions.
Not at all hard to resist if your accountant says he can save you, say, $5,000 in taxes for a $1000 fee. You may have a point about it being easier to police, though.
personally, i find the entirety of the income tax a violation of ones right to privacy. Why should i justify expenditures to someone other than myself? to me a widescreen tv is a business expense because I relax in front of it after i work!
Well, you have the right to take a standard deduction if you don't want your private expenditures to be known. I've never itemized just because its such a pain.
Your income is public information (for the limited purpose of assessing tax) by definition.
"revenue shortfall"
I saw this same senator bachman on cnbc this morning with charlie rangel. she had the radical idea of spending less, which rangle couldn't fathom
Spending less would be great. But I understand why Rangle couldn't fathom it. Very little in the nation's recent history suggests Congress (elected by We the People) can restrain itself. There was a balanced budget for a brief period in the 90s, so its possible in the short term at least, as long as we're temporarily prosperous and there aren't wars or other huge pressing issues to fund.
I give Bachmann style points for creativity in the choice of tax regimes plank, though. I guess it couldn't be much worse than the current one size fits all approach.