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Re:The Tax Haven That's Saving Google Billions by philwelch on Thursday October 21, 2010 @12:55PM (#1816333)
So you've never claimed tax deductions or used a 401(k) or IRA, or ever had health insurance from your employer? Those are all legal ways of "dodging" taxes.

If the government wants to collect more tax, the government can close tax incentives. There's no individual duty not to exploit tax incentives if they're open to you.

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Re:The Tax Haven That's Saving Google Billions by dbingham on Friday October 22, 2010 @12:06AM (#1818536)
Incentive deductions are very different from loopholes. Loopholes are bugs in the law. Sometimes put their intentionally by people who don't agree with the spirit of the law, sometimes there accidentally. But either way, they go against the spirit of law and are the equivalent of a software bug.

Incentives were put there intentionally and using them is following the spirit of the law.

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