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> Throwing up your arms and saying "well we can't tax the rich, they're too powerful and wily, and will easily commit tax fraud to evade those taxes, and in act
by CrossVR 2y ago
> Throwing up your arms and saying "well we can't tax the rich, they're too powerful and wily, and will easily commit tax fraud to evade those taxes, and in actuality you'll bring in less money" is exactly the weak attitude that stalls efforts to fund vital services.
It goes further than that, it is the exact argument made by wealthy people as to why we shouldn't tax them more aggressively. Parroting that argument is ludicrous unless you're considerably wealthy yourself.
- mrjin 2y agoThose loopholes were by design, complicated enough to prevent most people like us to take advantage of it but will allow those who can afford to evade lots. I'm not sure if people is just naive or playing dumb.
- bloppe 2y agoIf only there were some way to change a tax code... Alas, no country has ever figured out how to do that!
- johnnyanmac 2y agoWe have a way... oh, they have spent 20 years in gridlock arguing over political lines. And the Rich apparently won given the current proposal.
- thfuran 2y agoAnd evil if you are.