• wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works
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    2 days ago

    How do you mean? The whole point is to encourage people, everyone, to pay taxes. It’s a great system. Taxes enforcement should be truly independent from all other agencies to maximize trust and honesty.

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      21 hours ago

      I just mean that the aphorism about drugs dealers is colorful and amusing. I understand it’s making a real point but it’s also funny.

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        18 hours ago

        Fair enough. The same saying often goes for sex workers.

        That’s how they ended up catching Al Capone, on tax fraud charges.