@MeiselZachary @elonmusk @JoeBiden my understanding is they split up the tax burden across all parties to all possible taxable transactions so that no one can see the full scale of the taxes we're paying, nor avoid them with one weird avoidance trick
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Reply · Jul 23, 2023@a_musingcat yeah, *their* taxes! I'm ok w requiring everyone to pay (tho should be simpler to calculate), but let the payers decide on the budgetTweet · Aug 24, 2023can we please add "taxes are a shared pot of money not a blackhole" to the elementary school curriculum pls?Reply · Oct 7, 2022@MarkovMagnifico @xlr8harder @chribreuer What if they’re your tax-holder as per Robin Hanson proposal?Reply · Aug 8, 2022@UnfinishedOwl Simultaneously I want a much simpler tax code that requires much less personal & business data and leaves less room for legal wrangling…