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If the "spirit" of the law, is at odds with the letter of the law, and the letter of the law is an attempt to do things that are not constitutional, then it doe
by jki275 8y ago
If the "spirit" of the law, is at odds with the letter of the law, and the letter of the law is an attempt to do things that are not constitutional, then it doesn't really matter what one calls someone over following the law.
- coldtea 8y agoNot even sure what this means. The spirit of the law ("pay your tax to contribute to the country's budget") is not at odds with the letter. And neither is it unconstitutional.
- jki275 8y ago"pay your tax to contribute to the country's budget" is a massive trivialization of the issue. Taxes are a highly complex system with thousands of rules on what is taxable and what is not, what income must be declared, what deductions are allowed, what investments count as pre-tax and what investments count as post-tax, etc etc etc. It's not "pay your tax", it's "follow a massive set of regulations that determine what taxes you owe and then pay those taxes". I assume you fill out your forms and take deductions that are appropriate as allowed by the law, right? If you do, you're violating the "spirit of the law" as you've stated it -- but no one believes that because it's a ridiculous position to take.