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If you want to engage in criminal activities that will raise the interest of the FBI, is it really a problem that you wouldn't want to "stay in the US and play
by pekk 14y ago
If you want to engage in criminal activities that will raise the interest of the FBI, is it really a problem that you wouldn't want to "stay in the US and play the game"? I don't think most people would want you playing those kinds of games here.
- angersock 14y agoWere it only that clear cut. Which activities, precisely, are criminal? What if I don't know? What if I do something else, the FBI doesn't care, but I happened to have accidentally banged DA's car door or something? Or cursed at a TSA agent? There are very bad people out there, and we certainly don't want them--I wouldn't argue that anyway. But there are a lot of technical criminals who probably don't even know it.
- swalkergibson 14y agoIgnorance of the law is no excuse. Never has been, never will be.
- pdonis 14y agoThat rule assumes that it is possible for a reasonable person to know what actions are within the law and what actions are not. Many laws, particularly those dealing with corporations, the tax code, etc., are so complicated that an ordinary citizen can't possibly know whether they are in compliance or not.
- jzwinck 14y agoWhat about people who do intend to work within the law, but are uncomfortable building wealth in a country which may deprive them of that wealth when they need it most? Not only guilty people get indicted. I think the previous commenter was right: this could become an incentive for people to take their business elsewhere, or at least keep more capital offshore.