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Re:The elaborate set-up of a scam HQ, staffed by people forc... by Ntrails on Thursday October 27, 2022 @04:17AM (#33354697)
Btw, I actually do not believe that the majority of governments are evil in intent on tax law. I keep seeing instances where their intentions are clearly "good" but nobody seems to appreciate the true cost of complexity.

The metaphor for me is that you have a code base with 1000 contributors, minimal pr reviews, no integration testing at all, and lots of global state. It is spaghetti and nobody is incentivised to simplify it

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Re:The elaborate set-up of a scam HQ, staffed by people forc... by throw10920 on Thursday October 27, 2022 @01:15PM (#33360809)
Yeah, I don't really think that most of them are "evil" either - perhaps "careless in a way that harms people" - I'm just arguing that the root of the harm stems from the tax code itself and not people trying to work it.
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