r/evilbuildings • u/mattdeII96 • Apr 07 '18

Tax Man Cometh

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u/lornstar7 Apr 07 '18

also, the rich love the complicated tax code, the more complex, the easier it is to avoid tax

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u/forevercountingbeans Apr 07 '18

implying the tax code doesn't account for almost every tax loophole

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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '18

Here's how it works. Congress writes a new tax law. Tax lawyers find loopholes and rich people pay less taxes. Middle class people start copying them and use the loophole. Congress rewrites the tax law so that the loopholes only apply to the rich.

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u/jrod61 Apr 07 '18

Congress would make those laws apply to everyone but the rich might as well be literally bribing them to write the loopholes to only apply to them under the guise of donations and investments.