I wish we could fire every member of Congress and start over.
In theory that would be great, in practice, probably a debacle but I agree with your sentiment. And while we're talking about tax reform, unless it consists of at least 4 things, to me it's just another sham.
Any true tax reform has GOT to simplify the tax code. That we let it get this far out of hand is a shame. Special interests are why anyone not single and working a 9 to 5 job have to hire professionals and even then, there is no guarantee it's accurate, and more importantly, you aren't overpaying taxes.
Then while we are doing that, we need to address all the loop holes, where I'm not paying more taxes than a fortune 500 company, even worse, more than 5 fortune 500 companies combined. That people who aren't paying any taxes or very little, aren't getting refunds 5X larger than they paid in.
5 billion was paid out to fraudulent accounts, not a single job was lost over it. This year will be no different. Because the code is so ridiculous and auditors cannot keep up with them all, fraud is prevalent and is wasting my money. I miss a $50 earned interest and I'm fined... they pay 5 billion to scammers and no one bats an eye
Finally, after we've dealt with the money coming in portion, our taxes, we need to change the way of thinking in Washington about spending it. The environment now is, if they have it, they'll find a way to spend it. They'll even spend what they don't have. It's not their money, they don't care. The Presidents outings are just a drop in the bucket of federal waste. The military is a huge part of it. Republicans are supposed to be conservative, but I sure don't see it in the spending, they aren't much better than Democrats, they just have different toys they want to buy or programs they want to fund.