Many countries do this, because in those countries, the government actually represents the interests of people. If there was ever a clear case of the US government putting the needs of businesses before the needs of the people, it's this: keep taxes as complex as possible in order to create business opportunities to sell products to make it easier again. It's a complete bullshit business that shouldn't be necessary at all. It exists only by the grace of an incomprehensible tax code.
Wouldn't generalise that much in saying my government (UK) is truly representative more than the US, but in the US in general, it seems that whatever business exists there has to be something for the middleman.
Also whatever government function exists must be open to a middleman to take their profit out of it. The US is optimizing for businesses and investors, not citizens.
