There is a reason it's called "tax evasion." (Reply #9)

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Sat Apr 16, 2016, 02:45 AM

pat_k (9,292 posts)

9. There is a reason it's called "tax evasion."

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Employing legal technicalities to avoid taxes in ways the tax code did not intend is known as "tax evasion" for a reason.

Tax evasion may be technically legal (at least until some court case makes the illegality clear), but it is morally indefensible. And it is not something that a person running for public office should engage in.

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15 replies	Author	Time	Post
Do you agree that everyone and every company has the right to reduce their taxes as much as possible [View all]	hill2016	Apr 2016	OP
Of course. That's why honest politicians are necessary.	delrem	Apr 2016	#1
+1	840high	Apr 2016	#2
"Let's start with an honest, clear-eyed assessment of what went so terribly wrong."	delrem	Apr 2016	#10
Oooh. Something jucy must be coming up in Hillary's tax returns...	revbones	Apr 2016	#3
do you agree as a principle or not?	hill2016	Apr 2016	#4
No.	chknltl	Apr 2016	#5
no. I assume those tax laws were written by businesses, just like financial regulations	Viva_La_Revolution	Apr 2016	#6
Legally yes, morally no! nt	Live and Learn	Apr 2016	#7
having read bernies return he took plenty of deductions, lots of them. what's good for him	msongs	Apr 2016	#8
There is a reason it's called "tax evasion."	pat_k	Apr 2016	#9
Did someone get an email tonight?	Marr	Apr 2016	#11
transcript talking points?	reddread	Apr 2016	#12
When people understand that austerity and sequestration	Lars39	Apr 2016	#13
But wouldn't that mean they were minimizing their participation in the American community?	RadiationTherapy	Apr 2016	#14
No	mythology	Apr 2016	#15

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