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Re:A Message from the Billionaire’s Club: Tax Us by simion314 on Monday June 24, 2019 @09:29AM (#20263349)
Then there should be no taxes at all and we all will live from the mercy of others.

Maybe people don't like to be take advantage of by egotistic community members, and we also (and seen this in monkeys) we want fairness, if everyone is dodging paying taxes using some loopholes I feel cheated and an idiotic if I do not use the same loopholes.

This argument is so obvious wrong for me that I am inclined to believe is trolling.

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Re:A Message from the Billionaire’s Club: Tax Us by hitpointdrew on Monday June 24, 2019 @04:24PM (#20268048)
> if everyone is dodging paying taxes using some loopholes I feel cheated and an idiotic if I do not use the same loopholes.

Yep, which is why income tax is stupid. You SHOULD use all legal means to pay as little tax a possible.

A VAT tax would be the smart thing to do and would make it impossible for billion dollar corps. and billionaires to evade. That is how you fairly make sure everyone is contributing, not an income tax.

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