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> It’s still not acceptable. At least the tax minimizer is following applicable laws, this vigilante is not. The total harm of stealing billions from the publi
by gilrain 5y ago
> It’s still not acceptable. At least the tax minimizer is following applicable laws, this vigilante is not.
The total harm of stealing billions from the public dwarfs any concern for the thieves' privacy.
They are following the law, sure... the unfair law they pay for to their advantage.
- mc32 5y agoWhere does the leak show theft? If you earn $100 a week and tax withholding let you have $80 to yourself. That $20 didn’t belong to the government. It belonged to you. You however, having entered into an implicit agreement with society agree you will part with your money and give it to the government (which is different from its being theirs). Now, if you donated some of the $100 to charity or whatever and reduce your tax liability, that’s not “theft”. That’s part of the initial implicit agreement.
- mensetmanusman 5y agoThis argument assumes wealth is zero-sum, which is false.
- slothtrop 5y agoNo, that's projected. It's not a comment on wealth-creation, but rather that 90% of it, the surplus value, goes to the top. The middle class is getting squeezed.