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It’s a problem of choosing not to enforce it.

Some rich person says “teehee, I actually have no money! It’s all in (some country)!” and the US gov says “oops! Guess you really are poor!”

They take a letter of the law instead of a spirit of the law approach with taxes. If they start seizing mansions because clearly they have no money and the only way they could afford it is through ill-gotten means, people will start paying. Police already take cash from the wallets of random people because they assume it’s illegal—meanwhile the IRS knows full well where your money comes from but they pretend to believe the tricks of the mega rich.

Plus the IRS literally have access to banks around the world. You’re required to give them proof of foreign bank accounts or face imprisonment and other countries comply with IRS requests. They can literally seize wealth and know it’s yours. They choose not to.



> They take a letter of the law instead of a spirit of the law approach with taxes.

Do you think it's a bad thing that the letter of the law is enforced over the spirit of the law, whatever the latter means?


Your solution to inequality is to double down on civil asset forfeiture?

Please try this somewhere I don't live and let me know how it works out.




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