Government tax evasion

Our government are a lot of tax evading bastards

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absolutely
high confidence
“absolutely, but only when poor people do it”
Reddit dropped receipts on 14 people charged with 56 counts over $20 million in exotic cars using Montana shell companies to dodge taxes. X pointed out Musk 'donates' to his own charities for tax breaks while regular people get prison time for the same moves. YouTube users are sharing stories about people arrested for tax evasion without any attempt at collection first, while billionaires set up LLCs and call it business strategy. basically the government wrote the tax evasion playbook then prosecutes you for reading it.
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“Shoplifting is punished harder than millions of tax evasion. It's both stealing, but one robs a corporation, the other robs the government (and extension the people)”

what's working

  • Government officials have been caught engaged in tax evasion schemes, such as using shell companies and offshore accounts, which undermines public trust in government integrity.
  • There is a credibility problem when the government prosecutes citizens for tax evasion while wealthy individuals and politicians avoid taxes through legal but unethical means.
  • The government's reputation is damaged by documented cases of tax evasion by wealthy individuals and corporations who exploit loopholes while ordinary citizens face prosecution for similar behavior.

what's not

  • Tax evasion is distinct from legal tax avoidance strategies, and conflating the two misrepresents how taxation systems actually work.
  • The government itself does not engage in tax evasion as an institution; rather, individual officials or wealthy citizens do, which is a different reputation issue than claiming the government as a whole does.
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