Americans want tax fairness, not tax favors

By JOHN McCALLUM

Editor

Now that the annual stress-inducing ritual of income tax filing deadline has passed, how you doing? Still feeling stressed, or are you relieved it’s done?

You’re not alone if you feel worn out by the requirements of our tax system. According to an April 14 Pew Research Center report, 43 percent of Americans are bothered a lot about the complexity of our tax system, with another 29 percent bothered some.

Soon, politicians will be trumpeting “Tax Relief Day,” that mythical moment when, hypothetically, all of our money stops going to pay for government and instead starts f...