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Re:US Cities Could Verge on Becoming Ghost Towns by 2100, St... by scotty79 on Tuesday January 16, 2024 @12:04PM (#39015654)
You can't dodge something you don't owe. Homeless pay all taxes they owe. Mostly salea tax I imagine.
Re:US Cities Could Verge on Becoming Ghost Towns by 2100, St... by wang_li on Tuesday January 16, 2024 @12:26PM (#39015965)
The vast majority of wealthy people who are commonly accused of not "paying their fair share" and of dodging taxes are simply structuring their financial lives in ways that allow them to reduce their tax obligations. Very few are engaged in actual tax evasion and all the rest pay all the taxes they owe.
Re:US Cities Could Verge on Becoming Ghost Towns by 2100, St... by soco on Tuesday January 16, 2024 @12:36PM (#39016117)
Structuring by moving their wealth to Bahamas which is indeed fully legal because they are the ones writing same laws (or golfing with the authors) - something the homeless cannot. So this legal trick allows them to fully enjoy their wealthy status locally while paying close to zero taxes. While supporting the Bahamas economy, yay I guess.
Re:US Cities Could Verge on Becoming Ghost Towns by 2100, St... by telotortium on Tuesday January 16, 2024 @12:16PM (#39015829)
And they get $100k/year of services. Their life is still not particularly good, but mismanagement can burn even the largest resource pile.
Re:US Cities Could Verge on Becoming Ghost Towns by 2100, St... by beaeglebeached on Tuesday January 16, 2024 @12:30PM (#39016025)
Christ. At that point just hand them the 100k. The addicts will quickly end the public problem and those who just needed a starting seed will emerge anew with at least a van to live in .