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‘School Never Taught Us About Taxes,' Says Woman Who Wouldn’t Remember It Even If They Had (reductress.com)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Reforming the federal tax system is an all or nothing proposition in the sense that any change however small would apply to the entire country. Changing the education system can be done district by district. You could go to your school board meeting and advocate for this and it could be put in place relatively quickly, compared to changing the federal system.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

you’re probably right about the school side of things being easier, so i’ll retract my statement on that.

but i don’t see changing the education system as a viable alternative to changing the tax system. i feel like the current tax system is so complicated that teaching any kind of class on the tax system will amount to trying to teach an accounting class to high schoolers. and i don’t see that as a desirable solution. it would be better to simplify the system and teach high schoolers about that simplified system (in my opinion)

but i should probably make it clear that i’m not claiming to have any kind of authority over this stuff. i’m happy to change my mind on these things