The tax code repeats certain terms frequently:
- Special Rules
- Exception
- Designated
- Credit
- Targeted
- Qualified
The United States Internal Revenue Code is one of the most inequitable instruments ever devised. By proffering credits, deductions, and other special treatments to certain individuals, organizations, or geographical areas on the basis of preferred action or condition the Tax Code is utilized as a political device to drive special agendas.
Hidden beneath the "compassionate", "ecological", or other similar phrases used to gift certain benefits to individuals is the removal of these benefits from those individuals who are not designated, targeted, or covered by a special rule.
A simple example is the "First Time Home Buyer's Credit". In this instance there is established a (currently) temporary credit of $8,000.00 given to individuals who have not owned a home in three years. In typical political tradition is is always referred to as a "Credit". In actuality it is a cash gift that all other taxpayers are contributing to the individual. This gift is disproportionately paid for by taxpayers who are not homeowners receiving the mortgage interest tax deduction. In reality you are disproportionately from one non-homeowner to pay another to become one based on another inequity in the Tax Code which gives substantial benefit (deductions) to those homeowners who have a mortgage.
There are many other examples where political societal engineering occurs through such preferential treatment. Benefits granted to foster a certain behavior penalize those who choose to use self-determination and exercise liberty and freedom of choice in their lives.
Discrimination:
Treatment or consideration of, or making a distinction in favor of or against, a person or thing based on the group, class, or category to which that person or thing belongs rather than on individual merit: racial and religious intolerance and discrimination.
I oppose the imposition of Income Tax in general, but understanding that the short term political climate, even under the best of circumstances, won't allow for its abolishment I support a measured simplification of the Internal Revenue Code with emphasis on removing Special Interest treatments and supports.
Title 26 - Internal Revenue Code
http://uscode.house.gov/download/title_26.shtml
