Of course politics has zero room for nuance, so we shouldn't hope that the tax code will become simpler in the foreseeable future.
I suspect if we didn't hear from our politicians for 2 years, everyone across the country would like the outcome.
But in the days of Twitter, you can't take a breather.
Devoid is an overly strong word. There has never been zero nuance, and there isn't zero nuance today.
It also creates an incentive structure that can have toxic implications for the company and products, since the government is effectively a customer, but the product being purchased is subsidy qualification -- potentially at the expense of the laborers or customers. Imagine if your product manager had to take the politicians' product whims into account when prioritizing your backlog.
Edit: my political commentary: this is the fundamental problem that converted me to conservatism from center-leftism. I believe it's not possible to create an equitable structure and a level playing field while the government meddles in the economy.
I'm trying to understand your change of beliefs, so honest question: is government setting and enforcing safety standards (which otherwise companies would reliably fail at), and pricing in externalities (e.g. pollution) considered by you "government meddling in the economy" and interfering with an equitable market structure?