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“Owe” is an important word meaning a legal obligation. If the law says you owe nothing then you owe nothing. That doesn’t mean the law is just! It means we need
by burlesona 3y ago
“Owe” is an important word meaning a legal obligation. If the law says you owe nothing then you owe nothing. That doesn’t mean the law is just! It means we need to fix the law.
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- EscapeFromNY 3y agoThe word truly in "truly owe" is the clue that they're not talking about a legal obligation, but an ethical one. And it's an article about a law that was changed, so if what they truly owe changed from one year to the next the sentence wouldn't make any sense.