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For context, under the table transactions are very common in Israel. Tax avoidance is everywhere.

by kichik 4y ago

DSingularity 4y ago
Are you surprised that a country built by illegally stealing other peoples land and property would have citizens who don’t respect its laws?
- ls15 4y ago
  If the citizens of a democracy don't respect its laws, then it is not a democracy.
- barry-cotter 4y ago
  > a country built by illegally stealing other peoples land That would be all of them? Even if you ignore illegally I’m not aware of a sovereign state that was settled by people who were there first settlers and has continuity of government.
quickthrower2 4y ago
s/Israel/every country/
walterbell 4y ago
Those pesky citizens! Meanwhile, https://wallstreetonparade.com/2020/09/3-count-felon-jpmorgan-chase-caught-laundering-more-dirty-money/ https://wallstreetonparade.com/2020/09/3-count-felon-jpmorga... > ... secret documents leaked from FinCEN, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, a unit of the U.S. Treasury. The documents “show that five global banks — JPMorgan, HSBC, Standard Chartered Bank, Deutsche Bank and Bank of New York Mellon — kept profiting from powerful and dangerous players even after U.S. authorities fined these financial institutions for earlier failures to stem flows of dirty money.” Trailer for Netflix series, The Laundromat, https://youtube.com/watch?v=wuBRcfe4bSo https://youtube.com/watch?v=wuBRcfe4bSo
- kichik 4y ago
  You can stay within Israel for that pivot. We have our fair share of rich people not paying. https://www.reuters.com/article/natgas-israel-leviathan-idINL6N0U63C120141222 https://www.reuters.com/article/natgas-israel-leviathan-idIN...
- cbg0 4y ago
  Great whataboutism.
  - walterbell 4y ago
    Perhaps, if hundreds of billions of dollars of money laundering were comparable to consumer spending taxes.
actually_a_dog 4y ago
"Tax avoidance" is what rich people do by exploiting loopholes and aggressively taking deductions. "Tax evasion" is what you're talking about here.
- anigbrowl 4y ago
  The same loopholes that they lobbied for. Soooo much better.

For context, under the table transactions are very common in Israel. Tax avoidance is everywhere.

by kichik 4y ago

For context, under the table transactions are very common in Israel. Tax avoidance is everywhere.

Are you surprised that a country built by illegally stealing other peoples land and property would have citizens who don’t respect its laws?

ls15 4y ago
If the citizens of a democracy don't respect its laws, then it is not a democracy.
barry-cotter 4y ago
> a country built by illegally stealing other peoples land That would be all of them? Even if you ignore illegally I’m not aware of a sovereign state that was settled by people who were there first settlers and has continuity of government.

quickthrower2 4y ago

s/Israel/every country/

walterbell 4y ago

Those pesky citizens! Meanwhile, https://wallstreetonparade.com/2020/09/3-count-felon-jpmorgan-chase-caught-laundering-more-dirty-money/ https://wallstreetonparade.com/2020/09/3-count-felon-jpmorga... > ... secret documents leaked from FinCEN, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, a unit of the U.S. Treasury. The documents “show that five global banks — JPMorgan, HSBC, Standard Chartered Bank, Deutsche Bank and Bank of New York Mellon — kept profiting from powerful and dangerous players even after U.S. authorities fined these financial institutions for earlier failures to stem flows of dirty money.” Trailer for Netflix series, The Laundromat, https://youtube.com/watch?v=wuBRcfe4bSo https://youtube.com/watch?v=wuBRcfe4bSo

kichik 4y ago
You can stay within Israel for that pivot. We have our fair share of rich people not paying. https://www.reuters.com/article/natgas-israel-leviathan-idINL6N0U63C120141222 https://www.reuters.com/article/natgas-israel-leviathan-idIN...
cbg0 4y ago
Great whataboutism.
- walterbell 4y ago
  Perhaps, if hundreds of billions of dollars of money laundering were comparable to consumer spending taxes.

actually_a_dog 4y ago

"Tax avoidance" is what rich people do by exploiting loopholes and aggressively taking deductions. "Tax evasion" is what you're talking about here.

anigbrowl 4y ago
The same loopholes that they lobbied for. Soooo much better.