• vivadanang@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    LOL guess we can’t tax anyone because it never works then.

    NOOOPE.

    I love people like you who have ALL the answers, know “all the possibilities” - you’re so self confident that you really think you know it all. The IRS LOVES people like this.

    They love to spend hours and hours with them, in court. Sure a lot of CPAs have created a lot of dodges in the past. The Tax Code evolves. Our government, slowly, changes and adapts to new fuckery.

    But thanks for assuring me there’s no possibility, your optimism is about as endearing as your confidence.

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      1 year ago

      You are right, I was a cynical ass. I apologize.

      What I should have said is:

      Adding more or taxes or higher taxes is likely to primarily hit the working upper class. It will not affect the super rich. If we want a tax system that actually makes the most wealthy pay their fair share, we need to close tax loopholes and creative accounting schemes.

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        1 year ago

        TY, I apologize for the snarky response.

        In the end, the only way the super rich will pay their share is to innovate in taxation. This is the real reason the IRS needs a few more billion, sure to have more agents, but also to open a quantum taxation R&D unit, I dunno, maybe build them a new kind of super collider, let’s see what happens.

        Anything is better than shrugging and moping “that’s just the way it is.”