Paul Volcker's Economic Recovery Advisory Board has been given the unenviable but worthy task of simplifying our ridiculous tax code.

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The task of complying with the tax code is now easier (thanks to computers) but also more difficult, because of the code's seemingly organic annual growth in length and obscurity.

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While the main considerations of the charter are preventing the illegal use of robots and protecting the data that they acquire, the task force set to draft the code have not overlooked programming ethical standards into the automatons of the future.

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The task force comes up with a really cool code name for itself, e.g.

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And he has assigned committee Democrats and Republicans to task forces that will review specific areas of the code.

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He accomplishes the task by dint of a broad simplification of America's tax code and health-care system.

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The task force's job description is to propose ways to simplify the tax code, reduce tax evasion, close loopholes and make changes in corporate tax breaks.

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