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UnFair: Exposing The IRS – Does Not Make Strong Case Or Decent Documentary

UnFair: Exposing The IRS – Does Not Make Strong Case Or Decent Documentary

Jonathan Schwartz did not think that UnFair cut it as a documentary. He did not even think that it was very effective propaganda.  It was more of a rally the troops type of piece that would only work on those who were already convinced of the viewpoints expressed.  After discussing it for a while, we sat at his kitchen table and he fed me some one-liners, several of which I thought really nailed it.

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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.