What is the point of simplifying the tax code by reducing the tax rates

if the deductions are reduced? And probably exemptions too.

IMO the only ones that have a legitimate complaint about the tax code being too complicated are those that benefit the most because they have more available than those that would normally just take the standard deduction.

I think too many taxpayers have been mislead into believing it is complicated when they have no inkling because most of them probably use a tax service like H&R Block. They probably think it is complicated because the cost of the service seems high.