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Nothing From Nothing Is Nothing

Nothing From Nothing Is Nothing

Originally published on Passive Activities and Other Oxymorons on December 6, 2010. CCA 201047021 This one is of somewhat limited interest and difficult to bring to any...

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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.