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I assume the HN community is smart enough to pick up on “taxes” as meaning bribery, especially when they link an article explaining how SpaceX did that through
by stingraycharles 4mo ago
I assume the HN community is smart enough to pick up on “taxes” as meaning bribery, especially when they link an article explaining how SpaceX did that through an IPO mechanism that rewarded the current administration.
- Ampersander 4mo agoThis forum is full of libertarians that might view bribes and taxes as synonyms.
- csomar 4mo agoAs a libertarian, they are not even close to being the same. A bribe is generally optional where you can opt out of the transaction. Taxes are a racket.
- echoangle 4mo agoSo if you get stopped by the police in a bribe-affine country and they make clear you can either pay some money or they will take you to jail even though you did nothing wrong, is that a tax or a bribe?
- csomar 4mo agoIt's blackmail/extortion. The act of paying the money is the bribe. Here is the Wikipedia definition. > Bribery is the corrupt solicitation, payment, or acceptance of a private favor (a bribe) in exchange for official action.[1][2] The purpose of a bribe is to influence the actions of the recipient, a person in charge of an official duty, to act contrary to their duty and the known rules of honesty and integrity.
- stingraycharles 4mo agoBribes are optional in countries with taxes. In countries without taxes, they are mandatory. You’re splitting hairs and fail to see the bigger picture.