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First Circuit Loss For Transgender Prisoner May Have Positive Tax Implications For Others

First Circuit Loss For Transgender Prisoner May Have Positive Tax Implications For Others

I would not rule out a future administration shifting course on that.  If they do, however, I think the Kosilek decision could be used against that future IRS.  This seems counter-intuitive, since Kosilek is clearly a loss for incarcerated people seeking sexual reassignment surgery. If a prisoner is diagnosed as needing SRS, a Department of Corrections will always be able to find some physician somewhere to argue that the SRS is not required and when the judicially recognized deference to corrections official on security matters is thrown in will be able to win, if this decision sticks. A prisoner is entitled to medical care, but not necessarily the medical care that the prisoner prefers.  It’s different in the free world, if you can afford the procedure (and you would not be concerning yourself about tax deductions, if you could not) you are the one who gets to decide which doctor to listen to and all the judges involved in this case have agreed that SRS is a valid medical procedure.  That’s what I see as the positive aspect of this case for the transgender community.

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Final Way Station On The Road To My Forbes Millennium

Final Way Station On The Road To My Forbes Millennium

I have to say that I like Christians a lot, but particularly when they act – you know – Christian.  I also think whackadoodle tax and conspiracy theories are not really good for Christians or anybody, so I am going to keep encouraging them to focus more on feeding the hungry, giving drink to the thirsty and loving their enemies.

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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.