Clarence Thomas signals his intent to blow up the entire federal tax code: analyst - Raw Story

"Thomas' dissent is a masterwork of partisan historical revisionism, manipulating reality so seamlessly that an unsuspecting reader might actually think he is telling the truth," wrote Stern. "He isn't, not even close: Thomas' goal in Moore is to eviscerate the 16th Amendment, which legalized the federal income tax in 1913. And, as is so often the case, the justice marshals his argument by diminishing a progressive constitutional amendment as some illegitimate affront to the Framers' original, divinely inspired design...

https://www.rawstory.com/clarence-thomas-2668604492/   

Superrich have made $8.5 Trillion and none of it has been taxed | HuffPost Latest News

Thanks to a tax code slanted toward billionaires and centimillionaires, the government is missing out on huge sums that could help fund critical programs…

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/billionaires-tax-biden_n_65971f6ce4b0912833af6d32 

Why faith leaders and the federal government will be in court this week defending the tax code | Deseret News

The Rev. Tuesday Jane Rupp's new job came with an interesting perk: an invitation to live in an 181-year-old house. Like many faith communities, her new employer, Saint Paul's Episcopal Church in Woodbury, Connecticut, owns a parsonage and offers it to rectors as part of their compensation package....
https://www.deseretnews.com/article/900038235/why-faith-leaders-and-the-federal-government-will-be-in-court-this-week-defending-the-tax-code.html

Republicans Promised to Simplify the Tax Code. They're Making It Way More Complicated -- Mother Jones

On Wednesday, the House of Representatives officially passed a $1.5 trillion tax cut that permanently helps corporations, while providing temporary benefits to all but the richest Americans. President Donald Trump is expected to quickly sign what he's billed as his "big, beautiful Christmas present" to the American people. ....
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/12/republicans-promised-to-simplify-the-tax-code-theyre-making-it-way-more-complicated/