In response to:
Byron: If you didn't hear The Republican Call for more jobs and economic recovery then you just weren't listening to Mr Romney at all when he spoke. I was listening.
The Republican National Committee chose to hold its recent winter meeting in Charlotte because North Carolina was a rare bright spot in last year's presidential election. Although it was the high-profile site of the Democratic National Convention, North Carolina became one of just two states won by Barack Obama in 2008 that went for Mitt Romney in 2012. (The other was Indiana.) So being in North Carolina made Republicans feel a little better.
But not much. The 168 members of the RNC grappled with the consequences of losing the presidential race, losing the Senate and losing seats in the House....
The reason for the current tax code is that special interests (as much or more on the liberal side) want to pay less taxes. A better solution is to get the government out of all markets and disallow all "special" writeoffs. If something is not a direct expense of doing business you shouldn't be able to deduct it. Too much of the tax code is based on convincing someone to do or not do something.