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Re:Spanish government limits crowdfunding to € 1M, donations... by im_dario on Friday February 28, 2014 @05:42AM (#7318011)
70% of Spanish fiscal fraud is from rich people and corporations.

To regulate crowdfunding because of fiscal fraud is pure bullshit. The biggest fraudsters aren't the usual target of crowdfunding campaigns (lots of small contributions).

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Re:Spanish government limits crowdfunding to € 1M, donations... by antr on Friday February 28, 2014 @06:14AM (#7318126)
I'd love to see the details of those stats - can you point me to the source where it gives the 70% figure?
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Re:Spanish government limits crowdfunding to € 1M, donations... by fasouto on Friday February 28, 2014 @06:35AM (#7318176)
http://www.gestha.es/?seccion=actualidad&num=221
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Re:Spanish government limits crowdfunding to € 1M, donations... by antr on Friday February 28, 2014 @06:48AM (#7318214)
I quite don't understand the article. Does 70% refer to the number of infractions or the total monetary volume of fiscal fraud? If this is a volume number, is this the case "80/20" rule where 80% of fiscal fraud volume originates from a small fraction of the wealthy?

This is an article, but can't find the report. Is there a report one can download? Or is it just an opinion piece?

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Re:Spanish government limits crowdfunding to € 1M, donations... by im_dario on Friday February 28, 2014 @09:10AM (#7318747)
As long as I know, it refers to the total monetary volume of fiscal fraud. It would be a "80/20" rule case but this is not the point.

The point is that this government rules with a twisted logic. They assume the biggest fraction of population originates the biggest fraction of fraud. For them, everything is low and middle classes' fault.

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Re:Spanish government limits crowdfunding to € 1M, donations... by antr on Friday February 28, 2014 @11:57AM (#7319918)
I recently read this and it seems to me that fraud is quite popular regardless of the social status http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-01-30/spains-growt...
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