Finding What Is Wrong With America in 6,871 Pages

Fact: America is more than 30 trillion dollars in debt.

Fact: When Bill Clinton left office in 2001, the national treasury boasted a surplus.

Fact: Failed fiscal policies, two illegal wars, wasteful personal spending, and failing to lead our nation in the fight against Covid-19 by two Republican presidents placed our nation in enormous debt.

Fact: If every individual and corporation paid their fair share of taxes, America would truly be the richest nation in the world without a single dollar in debt. Most of our serious problems would disappear.

American politicians have convinced our poorly informed citizens that taxes are unnecessary and should be lowered. This is one of the biggest lies in our nation’s history. No country can exist without fair and equal taxation. The United States has some of the lowest taxes in the free world.

The villain in this story is an institution signed into law on July 1, 1862. It is called the “Internal Revenue Service.”

This was a break with the ideas of our Founding Fathers. Their plan was simple and fair. Each citizen would pay taxes to the state in which they lived. The states would pay tax to the federal government which would maintain a standing army, and what would eventually become interstate highways, and fund federal offices and institutions located in every state in the Union. Individuals would never be required to pay taxes directly to the federal government.

There is no doubt that our Founding Fathers had the right idea, and politicians literally f**ked up everything.

The truth is that the IRS has become the most inefficient and corrupt agency in our nation. In 2025, the tax code is composed of 6,871 pages. The truth is that only about 200 pages of this huge document defines the system. The remainder contains tactics used by taxpayers to avoid paying their fair share. The more money a taxpayer earns, the greater the number of pages which can be used to find information allowing them to avoid paying their fair share.

To give you an idea of how the tax code works, or more accurately doesn’t work, let’s look at two of the largest and most profitable corporations in the world.

After Trump and his corrupt party passed additional tax breaks for the super-rich, in 2018, both Amazon and Walmart paid zero dollars in taxes. It is highly likely that you, your family, and your friends paid more than nothing.

Since the IRS became a reality, all efforts to simplify the system failed for a single reason. Since 1981, Republicans began to change its historical position on the issues and became the “Party of Special Interests.” Any change to the tax code which would force corporations and the super-rich to pay their fair share of taxes was crushed by politicians on the right side of the aisle.

As I write this, Trump and his American Fascist Party are planning additional tax cuts for the super-rich. Kamala Harris warned voters, but they weren’t listening. They watch Fox Noise or Newsmax, or as I call it “Newsless.” Millions of Americans obviously enjoy being brainwashed by what is clearly nothing less than propaganda.

Our government is destroying our nation. No outside force is involved other than Trump’s lifelong handler, Vladimir Putin.

If you don’t believe facts, get your head out of your behind. Our nation’s end is near unless Trump and his party are removed from Washington soon.

If you love your country, do something.

Op-ed by James Turnage

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