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That made me chuckle. At least as far as the US tax code goes, our decisions about who gets taxed what amounts are just as arbitrary, we just publish the amoun
by philipodonnell 9y ago
That made me chuckle. At least as far as the US tax code goes, our decisions about who gets taxed what amounts are just as arbitrary, we just publish the amounts further ahead of time than the mafia tax collectors.
- notfromhere 9y agoexcept, you know, the mafia doesn't use the money to build bridges and fund social programs.
- adventured 9y agoFunny enough, almost all forms of the mafia in fact do social works projects. Their scale has historically not been large enough to build bridges though, however they almost all fund social programs to one degree or another. The Italian Mafia both in NY and Italy have done that. Escobar did it. Al Capone did it. Etc. One can certainly debate their reasoning for doing it of course (eg buying goodwill so they can continue their crime spree, set up an underdog appeal and so on).
- ptaipale 9y agoTrue. Even terror organisations like Daesh (ISIS) or Hamas use social programs to justify what they do and attract supporters.