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How to not pay your taxes legally, apparently

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113 points jimhi | 1 comments | 05 Jul 25 18:21 UTC | HN request time: 0.219s | source
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SoftTalker ◴[05 Jul 25 19:35 UTC] No.44474976[source]▶
What on earth is wrong with not paying taxes legally? What taxes does anyone pay other than those that they must pay?

If the government wants a tax to be paid they need to make it simple and unconditional. If there are loopholes or ways to legally avoid it, they will be discovered and people will take advantage of them.

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1. jrflowers ◴[05 Jul 25 22:46 UTC] No.44476190[source]▶
> What on earth is wrong with not paying taxes legally?

The issue is who is able to avoid paying taxes. The ability to reduce tax burden is largely possessed by people that make significantly more than the median income, so if you rephrase your question as “What is wrong with low- and median-earners subsidizing the wealthy?” then you’ll see people’s problem with it.