‘Loophole’ is such great branding. Loopholes don’t exist - there are only ‘laws.’ Flawed laws are rebranded as loopholes. Similar to pharma’s invention of ‘side effects.’ There‘s no such thing as a side effect - there are only effects. Bad effects are rebranded as side effects.
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Replying to @zackkanter
You seem to think that if something is legal it's therefore moral? Do you think slavery was moral before it was made illegal? Or lots of other (obviously immoral) things that used to be legal?
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Replying to @michael_nielsen
That’s an unfair leap, and I’m surprised you made it. Not everything that is immoral is illegal, and not everything that is illegal is immoral. What I’m saying is that when it comes to taxes, I struggle to clearly define “moral” in a way other than “legal.”
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Replying to @zackkanter @michael_nielsen
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Zack KanterVerified account @zackkanterIt finally clicked for me that some people seem to believe that there is a difference between a company’s legal minimum tax obligation and a company’s moral minimum tax obligation. I’d be fascinated to see someone take a stab at writing a framework for calculating the latter. https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1139188173131591685 …2 replies 0 retweets 3 likes -
Replying to @zackkanter
I think I probably misinterpreted your original tweet as implying that you thought there is no difference. Glad to hear that's not the case, and sorry for the misinterpretation.
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Replying to @michael_nielsen @zackkanter
Granted that there often is a difference between what's moral and what's legal, it seems quite reasonable that many people's morality suggests companies should pay more than the legal minimum.
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The model may not be particularly sophisticated. A sense "companies don't pay enough, they should all pay at least 10% of revenue" would seem a believable moral position (note: I'm certainly not arguing for it!) Easy to find more elaborate (& more sensible) positions, IMO.
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Replying to @michael_nielsen @zackkanter
Very unrelated. But I do wonder if there was norm of more groups like Mormons that had tithing norm, what would be most interesting versions of that
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