Re: CryptoAnarchy: What's wrong with this picture?

[Black Unicorn <unicorn@schloss.li>]

On Wed, 1 May 1996, Declan B. McCullagh wrote:

> Excerpts from internet.cypherpunks: 1-May-96 Re: CryptoAnarchy: What's
> w.. by Michael Loomis@andrew.cm 
> > "Tax Collector Want to Be for the Welfare State"
> 
> I can confirm this. Michael and I have had many an argument about taxes.
> I tend to approach the argument from a libertarian perspective.
> 
> He, on the other hand, thinks the current tax setup is just about right,
> and is a fan of the IRS.

I must assume either

1) He is not intimately familiar with the system of U.S. taxation (even if
he is pro-high-tax, calling the current system 'just about right' is
folly).

2) He believes it important to have a confusing and inefficent tax system
for some other reason.

I always tell people who feel tax avoidance is "bad" and that using the
rules to minimize your tax exposure is a bad thing that I can easily
structure their finances such that 90% of their net income goes to the
IRS every year and still not break any rules.

> Not kidding,
> 
> Declan

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