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I understand the frustration, but I really think this is an important distinction to make. Evasion is solved by rigorously enforcing existing tax frameworks. A
by matthewmacleod 9y ago
I understand the frustration, but I really think this is an important distinction to make.
Evasion is solved by rigorously enforcing existing tax frameworks. Avoidance is solved by closing loopholes. They're two different problems—although they share some things in common—and they require two different solutions.
- rectang 9y agoThe reason these particular laws inspire such revulsion is that they are bought and paid for by the fabulously wealthy. The law itself is immoral and illegitimate. Even those of us who are sure that after cutting down all the laws, we could not stand in the winds that would blow then (to paraphrase Bolt)... can feel appalled at such laws, their originators, facilitators, and apologists.
- sooheon 9y ago> I really think this is an important distinction to make [...] they require two different solutions. Agreed. The problem, and the source of the frustration, is that your average poster on hacker news (or average human being on earth) has 0% influence on either of the solutions. It is the mega rich who hold all the power, who have the resources, energy, and clout to play these games. It doesn't really matter how you distinguish evasion and avoidance, both are driven by the same motivations, and where the line separating the two stands in any given jurisdiction is defined less by the qualities of the actual actions, and more by how much the rich have managed to encode into law vs. how safe they feel openly breaking it.
- matthewmacleod 9y agoAn argument, if anything, for open, transparent, and responsible governance. Certainly something that we are particularly struggling with at the moment.