‘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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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?
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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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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Not sure, if I was clear in my response. But I think that the thing I use to explain my view to friends with your view is this: I view social incentives/alignment as an equally valid playing field as financial or government incentives. So holding aside an objective morality,
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There’s a different lower case ‘morality’ which is what social capital sphere is incentivizing. Some may argue this shouldn’t exist. But empirically it does. And once you model it in, many things make much more sense. AND i personally think good reasons it should exist
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I think politics make the moral discussion even murkier. If you think government spending is a positive force, then volunteering more taxes is a good thing to do. If you think it's a negative force, then volunteering more taxes is a bad thing to do
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The tax code is the most direct way the govt reflects preferences. To incent behavior, the govt will literally GIVE you (back your) $$$ through tax credits/deductions. To the extent one thinks a tax code is immoral, it reflects the morality preferences of the govt that wrote it
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