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Blame it on the Scrivener

Blame it on the Scrivener

Originally published on Passive Activities and Other Oxymorons on May 16th, 2011. ____________________________________________________________________________ Xianfeng...

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Over and over again courts have said that there is nothing sinister in so arranging one’s affairs as to keep taxes as low as possible. Everybody does so, rich or poor; and all do right, for nobody owes any public duty to pay more than the law demands: taxes are enforced exactions, not voluntary contributions. To demand more in the name of morals is mere cant.