Paul Ryan's postcard tax return is really dumb
By Matthew Yglesias
August 30, 2017 at 09:00AM
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«The big reason that 1040 EZ takes up a full page rather than getting down to postcard size is that the IRS made room for boring stuff like your name, address, and Social Security number. They have a place for you to sign your name, and also a place for your accountant to sign her name if she helped you with your taxes.
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Either way, this is a page layout problem and not a tax policy problem. And Republicans' key tax policy ideas — that rates should be lower and less progressive, and that investment income should receive favorable treatment — play no role in the simplification.»