Most Americans instinctively understand that “the power to tax is the power to destroy” — especially meaningful words on the day that our tax returns are due to the IRS.

To appreciate the dangers and dysfunction of today’s tax code, we must understand how it functions not only as a destroyer, but as an arbiter of opportunity, propping up those at the top of the economy, holding down those at the bottom, and squeezing everyone else in between.

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