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[–] 86 points 9 months ago (3 children)

When they pay obscene amounts of money to prevent paying taxes, or break unions, or disenfranchise voters, it's because they calculate that the obscene amount of money is less than what they'd expend otherwise.

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  • [–] 31 points 9 months ago

    Don't forget their ego

    They may spend more in fighting it than they would in paying tax, but to avoid paying tax is a part of their identity

    I'm proud to pay tax. I want to make my society better. I was rich once, and I could have paid less tax, but I didn't avoid it because I knew that arseholes like these were making the world worse, and I wasn't going to be a part of the problem

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