Re:Google used a tax loophole to shelter $19.2B
by nradov on Tuesday January 02, 2018 @11:29PM
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It's rather difficult to determine the intent of legislators, especially after some time has passed. Courts sometimes look at Congressional debate transcripts when deciding complex issues of federal law. But different congresspeople often have different conflicting intents even when they vote the same way.
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Re:Google used a tax loophole to shelter $19.2B
by berberous on Wednesday January 03, 2018 @12:50PM
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Sure, especially with respect to some edge cases, and that may be an argument for not throwing people in prison that exploit certain loopholes.
On the other hand, there are certainly cases where a loophole is obviously not the intent of the legislators, and regardless of the legality of exploiting it, one could justly view exploiting it as immoral.
For example, sticking with the analogy of computer bugs, a multiplayer videogame that has an obviously unintended glitch, which lets you cheat against your fellow players.