The proposed reforms of the penal code and criminal-justice system will have to overcome the entrenched attitudes of judges and lawyers, also well represented in Congress.
The mind-boggling complexity of the current tax code helps large corporations with lawyers and accountants devise the best tax-avoidance strategies money can buy.
He added that multinationals have been exploiting a mix of loopholes created by Internal Revenue Service regulations, loopholes created by Congress itself, and loopholes the corporate lawyers and accountants have created through technical and questionable readings of the tax code.