&gt;It&#x27;s a trap because when you really look into it you realise the world isn&#x27;t absolute, I think most of us could come up with a better tax system for example in theory which looks obvious however when you start to look into it you realise the the real world is messy.<p>I completely disagree.  Yes, the real world is messy, but it&#x27;s not <i>that</i> messy.  A better tax system would be very easy to come up with, and I can prove it with one word: Europe.<p>European tax systems are far simpler than the US tax code.  This is objectively true, and easy to verify for yourself with a little research (or just talking to someone who lives in Europe).  This is despite these countries being generally more socialistic than the US.<p>So, it&#x27;s very simple: if countries like Germany and France and Belgium can come up with far simpler tax codes than America, then there&#x27;s no reason the US can&#x27;t too.<p>You&#x27;re right about your other points, but this was just a terrible example, and completely US-centric and myopic.  The US tax code isn&#x27;t a mess because &quot;the real world is messy&quot;, it&#x27;s a mess because the US has extremely poor governance compared to other developed nations.  Most European laugh about our stressing about taxes, and having to hire H&amp;R Block or use TurboTax when we just have a regular W-2 job.