Maggie's Farm

The tax code is ponderous and contradictory. You cannot know what is "right" until a bureaucrat somewhere declares it right or more probably simply accepts it without comment. But it pales in comparison with the laws and regulations the federal government pumps out and accumulates to trick or trap us as we go through our lives. Anyone who has run a business knows well the maze and craziness of the federal governments laws, regultaions and policies. I would prefer that all law be written in plain English and not exceed two pages typed double spaced. That all regulation be written in congress and not by 2 million civil servants and that it is also written in plain English. I would also like to see a change that would allow the citizens to take the federal government to court at no cost over any law, regulation or policy. Further that the court could not refuse to hear it and that they too would have to give written rulings/decisions in plain English limited to two pages or less. AND most important that all these cases are decided with the constitution in hand and either the constitution specifically supports or authorizes the law, regulation or policy or failing this the court finds in favor of the citizen.