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We're talking about personal tax records. I don't see how personal tax records being transparent provides any upside. It only paints a target on your back for c
by hueving 9y ago
We're talking about personal tax records. I don't see how personal tax records being transparent provides any upside. It only paints a target on your back for criminals.
- mieseratte 9y agoHow about this one, when I joined a startup the founder had made certain claims and impressions about who he was, the funding he was putting in, etc. As it turns out this man was a liar, confidence man, and tax cheat. Had there been open tax records, I could have (in)validated some of his claims and saved myself severals years of struggle and many thousands in subsequent debt. It's not just for criminals to leverage. It's for the common man to use to reduce information asymmetry and, this one might be a bit dystopian, but help self-police that everyone pays their share.