Awesome analysis. /s
Now take a crack at this one:
IF the government receives all the same paperwork that I do for filling out that 1040 form and dropping it in the mail;
AND they use that exact same paperwork for checking my math for any of hundreds of tiny mistakes that can be made;
AND they are always thought to be right, with the burden of proof otherwise being on me
WHY does each and every one of us need to bother with this bullshit instead of receiving a 1040 that we can review and open a request if we think it's wrong?
This process is so fucking backwards it's not even funny.