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Logical thinking involves using clear and consistently supported principles. For example, "I always oppose gerrymandering" is clear and consistent policy. Thinking ideologically means always interpreting gerrymandering in a way that allows your ideology to prevail. For example, "I generally don't like gerrymandering, but I am okay with it when it benefits my ideology." That demonstrates ideological thinking because right and wrong conforms to whatever benefits ideology.

It's April 15th, tax day in America. So shouldn't we be thinking about what we learned again this year?

Is a tax system that is so complicated that 95% of Americans can't even understand the rules constitutional?

Is a tax system that forces you to pay to have someone else figure out what you even owe or buy special software to try to do it yourself constitutional?

Is a tax system that includes rules so complicated that even experts disagree on their interpretation and come up with different amounts of taxes you owe fair?

Is a tax system that causes Americans so much stress, takes up millions of hours of their time and billions of dollars of their money that could be spent on something more productive for themselves and the economy sensible?

Is a tax system that is so confusing and convoluted that it gives the government a way to persecute citizens even if they are doing their best to comply constitutional?

Is a tax system where the process to enforce it assumes you are guilty until proven innocent constitutional?

Does a tax system that costs the economy and taxpayers so much money in bureaucracy and wasted time and resources make any sense at all?