I was tickled by how the posting contradicted itself, first saying
The last major reform to the American tax code was signed into law in 1986.
It’s been 31 years, and our current code is far beyond repair.
In other words, “taxes needs to be modernized every so often” (with which I agree). Then toward the end, the article says
We need comprehensive, permanent tax reform.
“Permanent” tax reform? No, it’ll just get out of date like everything else.
Unless they think they’re so clever they can create a tax structure that will never need modifying, but I don’t think that’s why they included that word; I think they just wanted to put in a dramatic, emphatic word like “permanent” that will make their fans get woodies and go beat up chipmunks and girlfriends. The word “absolute” would have served their purposes just as well/badly, as would “bitchin’” and “kick ass”.
