It's my understanding that the tax code is complicated because we are a loophole abusing people, and we must be handled with kid gloves. It's not just a matter of "chaos and stupidity breeding new bureaucracy." The goal is more noble: create a system that can't be gamed but is flexible enough to account for every exchange of money, as well as many non-monetary exchanges of some value.
Consider this though: Maybe congress thinking it can create a system that accounts for every exchange of money and not have loopholes is the stupidity.
I personally think most bureaucracy starts out with good intentions. The tax code included. But with every well intentioned law to close a loophole they added more and more complexity and therefore more and more possible loopholes.
