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It's been said before, but I'll say it again: It's not somehow patriotic to pay more in taxes than one is legally obligated to pay. The key word here is "obli

by Alupis 10y ago

It's been said before, but I'll say it again: It's not somehow patriotic to pay more in taxes than one is legally obligated to pay. The key word here is "obligated". Google doesn't evade taxes - they pay what tax law obligates them to pay. They just happen to have a team of accountants available to ensure they pay the correct amount (read as: the amount the US Government has decided, through tax laws, that a corporation like Google should pay).

mvc 10y ago
I dare say that it has also been said before that just because something is the law, don't make it right. Do you think that while slavery was legal, it would have been improper to criticize the companies that engaged in it?
- hluska 10y ago
  Tax law and slavery are dramatically different concepts. Your analogy really doesn't hold water.
- home_boi 10y ago
  That argument isn't valid because it could used to question literally every single law or moral.
robrenaud 10y ago
pa·tri·ot·ic having or expressing devotion to and vigorous support for one's country. It seems to me like paying more than ones legal minimum in taxes is indeed vigorously supporting the country. Consider that war bonds were often marketed with a patriotic message, and paying taxes above what is required is like accepting a war bond that immediately defaults, which seems a lot better for the country than one that it has to pay back.