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Re:What happens when a culture is driven by the need for mon... by sageikosa on Wednesday November 11, 2015 @01:53PM (#10548420)
How much one "should" pay in property/income forfeiture is, of course, a matter of political policy.

Just think how much money goes into the economy to preserve income...if we simplified the tax code in any way, so many people would be out of work in both the private and public sectors.

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Re:What happens when a culture is driven by the need for mon... by harryh on Wednesday November 11, 2015 @02:05PM (#10548504)
> if we simplified the tax code in any way, so many people would be out of work in both the private and public sectors.

This is an excellent demonstration of the broken window fallacy.

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