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> earlier this month the IRS announced that it had recouped half a billion dollars in back taxes from rich tax cheats. I can't wait to be told why this is a ba
by wnevets 3y ago
> earlier this month the IRS announced that it had recouped half a billion dollars in back taxes from rich tax cheats.
I can't wait to be told why this is a bad thing.
- dheera 3y agoWhen the rich get overtaxed, the hardworking-and-still-budget-strapped middle class often gets overtaxed as well, and the poor suffer for the lessened spending power of all of the above. More money in the hands of an efficient government isn't always a good thing.
- whatshisface 3y agoLetting tax evaders operate is a tax break for criminals, not even for rich people.
- dheera 3y agoIf you tax people less, they have less incentive to evade.
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- whatshisface 3y agoThe money obtained from making criminals pay could fund tax cuts for everyone who was, previously, shouldering the whole burden of society alone.
- vuln 3y agoThe criminals are running the government. If you or I did anything like the congress critters we’d be jailed (just look at insider trading).
- MSFT_Edging 3y ago> Tax cheats > over taxed
- evronm 3y agoI'm no fan of e.g. Jeff Bezos. But here are a few things he doesn't do with his money: - Kill People - Torture people - Lock people up So I'd much rather have him keep his money than have to hand it over to people who will use it for these purposes. Yeah, I know, I know, they build roads and it's absolutely impossible to build roads without extorting the entire population.