Flat taxes, value-added taxes, and national sales taxes are all good candidates for simplication. They are all progressive taxes. In each case, the wealthy will pay more taxes in proportion with their ability to pay. Bureaucratic and Judicial Accountability. Under current law, bureaucrats are immune from the consequences of their actions.
Bureaucrats can stop progress and strangle growth, but they never pay the price.
No other occupation enjoys such protection. Let's make bureaucrats personally responsible for their actions and remove the shield which allows bureaucrats to act, and not act, with arrogance and impunity. Make bureaucrats personally liable and accountable. Remove blanket immunity from lawsuits. Allow damages for overreaching and obstructionism.