3 ms·
> The correct response is to use your legislators to change the tax code to be more fair. My entire thesis is that vigilante leaks like this are a product of t
by ashtonkem 5y ago
> The correct response is to use your legislators to change the tax code to be more fair.
My entire thesis is that vigilante leaks like this are a product of the perceived unwillingness of the legislature to deal with the abuse of tax loopholes or to tax the rich at anywhere close to the rate that the overwhelming majority of voters want. If my theory is correct, then saying “talk to your legislator instead” is almost hilariously tone deaf, given that these leakers are probably taking actions into their own hands in response to a belief that their legislator is lazy or corrupt.
More broadly, my point is that singling out individual actors is an ineffective way to stop stochastic law breaking. Decry and punish individual law breakers all you want, but don’t expect it to stop until you at least triage the underlying causes.
- justanotherguy0 5y agoThe tax code is the product of the legislature and the courts, both of which are accountable to voters. The bureaucrats are functionally accountable to nobody. This leak was instigated by a bureaucrat. Fuck the bureaucrats.
- ashtonkem 5y ago> The tax code is the product of the legislature and the courts, both of which are accountable to voters. That’s the theory, yes. I do not believe this to be true in practice however.