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Applying Teapartygate Logic To Bridgegate

Applying Teapartygate Logic To Bridgegate

Reading every Tax Court decision and federal appellate decision concerning taxes along with a certain level of street knowledge inclines me to think that we are fast approaching that state at least with regard to people who have hopeless credit ratings and no money in the bank.  Maybe the people who think we should have a much smaller government with much more restricted functions are right.

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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.