You know what’s conspicuously absent in the #CumExFiles coverage and debate?
The #TaxMantra.
Almost no one (at least that I’ve seen?) is willing to stand up and say, “well, we’re just following the law”.
The narrative is rather: “everyone did it!”
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Arguably, you could say the same thing about previous scandals (hence my original tweet): the “rest of the world” (slight exaggeration) were adamant revelations showed illegality, but those involved held firm on the
#taxmantra nonetheless.
Can you give an example of what you are thinking of @phdskat ? In the cases I can think of where #taxmantra used it has been because the controversies were about legal tax practices, not fraud as in this case.
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We can e.g. look at the MossFon response (ex https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article69252767.html …). Outside cries of 'fraud' here too, yet MossFon used
#taxmantra extensively. My point is also that the extent of fraud/avoidance is yet TBD - so let's not draw an assumed line between CumEx and previous cases. -
Thats not really the
#taxmantra -- which is big companies saying this when they've not been accused of fraud, but of acting "immorally". Moss Fon doesn't make it onto your list! https://phdskat.org/taxmantra/ pic.twitter.com/mxajjoneB5
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