Corruption of government

Sad to say that our government in the United States is corrupt and broken. It seems that no matter what you try and do, there is always some interest with money that wants the system to remain broken and our elected representatives show who they really work for when the demonstrate their inability to help the majority of the people.

Our government has lots of information about us when it comes to filing taxes. When we send in our tax forms, the IRS and state government compare the data to see if we're being honest about our income. For the majority of people, the government could fill in the tax forms for us and just have us sign the forms and write them a check. I wouldn't have to lose a couple of days gathering slips of paper and filling out the forms.

The state governments have tried to prefill the forms for people to make the taxes easier for people but that apparently pissed off ... the unnamed firms that make the money selling software to help you do your taxes. Of course, it's in their interest to make sure the taxes are as complicated as possible. So every year, millions of people fork over good money so they can have the software help them navigate the rules around the tax forms. Absolutely insane.

We seem to have a lot of industries that cannot survive changes that would make this country a better place so they work to ensure that they can earn their undeserved fat profit margins. I blame the companies that continue to work like this (and there's a large list) and I blame the politicians that are unable to stand up and do the right thing.

Makes me sick.