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With $12.2 million stolen in the fictional heist, the per-capita loss would be quite a bit less than one dime.
by mikeash 8y ago
With $12.2 million stolen in the fictional heist, the per-capita loss would be quite a bit less than one dime.
- lisper 8y agoThere are 138 million taxpayers in the U.S. [1] so the per-taxpayer loss would almost exactly a dime. Not that this matters. The net loss of allowing someone to steal $12.2 million is exactly $12.2 million. Quibbling over the details of how this loss is distributed is missing the point rather badly. [1] https://www.reference.com/government-politics/many-u-s-taxpayers-d77a9265390f4bdb https://www.reference.com/government-politics/many-u-s-taxpa...
- mikeash 8y agoOh look, yet another article that acts as if the federal income tax is the only tax that exists. Sigh. In any case, I believe this sort of thing would be covered by insurance or, in the worst case, the FDIC. Everyone with a bank account helps pay for those. Agreed about missing the point. I just took the “dime” figure and ran with it.