On Wed, 1 May 1996, Declan B. McCullagh wrote:
Excerpts from internet.cypherpunks: 1-May-96 Re: CryptoAnarchy: What's w.. by Michael Loomis@andrew.cm
"Tax Collector Want to Be for the Welfare State"
I can confirm this. Michael and I have had many an argument about taxes. I tend to approach the argument from a libertarian perspective.
He, on the other hand, thinks the current tax setup is just about right, and is a fan of the IRS.
I must assume either 1) He is not intimately familiar with the system of U.S. taxation (even if he is pro-high-tax, calling the current system 'just about right' is folly). 2) He believes it important to have a confusing and inefficent tax system for some other reason. I always tell people who feel tax avoidance is "bad" and that using the rules to minimize your tax exposure is a bad thing that I can easily structure their finances such that 90% of their net income goes to the IRS every year and still not break any rules.
Not kidding,
Declan
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