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| author | Ewout Wieten <ewout@ewy.one> | 2023-01-29 03:07:59 +0100 |
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| committer | Ewout Wieten <ewout@ewy.one> | 2023-01-29 03:07:59 +0100 |
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diff --git a/entry/tax/index.html b/entry/tax/index.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..36c81f3 --- /dev/null +++ b/entry/tax/index.html @@ -0,0 +1,62 @@ +<!DOCTYPE html> +<html lang="en"> +<head> + <title>Tax evasion is your moral duty | ewy.one</title> + <meta charset="UTF-8"/> + <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/reset.css"/> + <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/terminal.css"/> + <meta content="Tax evasion is your moral duty" property="og:title" /> + <meta content="Why you should keep what you deserve" property="og:description" /> + <meta content="https://blog.ewy.one/entry/tax" property="og:url" /> + <meta content="#3E3B37" data-react-helmet="true" name="theme-color" /> +</head> +<body> +<header> + <h1>Tax evasion is your moral duty.</h1> +</header> +<main> + <p> + Why are prices shown without tax in the USA? Actually, scratch that - why aren't they shown without tax in + Europe? In the American system, the price on the label is not what you pay at -- <br /> + Nevermind, I'm just going to assume you know how taxes work. I used to think the European worked better; it's + more opaque, the customer knows exactly how deep they will have to reach in their wallet to take their goods + home. However, as I have grown more skeptical of the government, I started to realize that the American system + makes much more sense. On the label, the customer sees the price the merchant will receive for that good. The + difference the customer spends on that product goes to the government. + </p> + <p> + This way the customer is always acutely aware of how much of it's hard earned money is going to the top. + Tax increases do not in- or decrease the price shown on the label; only when the establishment actually + increases the price. This way, the government can be held more accountable: the customer knows whether a price + change is the effect of the corporations, or the government. In Europe, the taxes are a black box - apart from + a line on the receipt (who reads those anyway?), you have little idea how much you are paying. Of course, + you could just learn your local rates; but I don't want to bother. + </p> + <p> + Back to the subject. Again, I'm going to assume you are aware every corporation under the sun (or moon) is + using offshore accounts, shell corporations, suspect rental agreements and other, some likely unknown to + everyone else, methods of avoiding tax payments. They are using your country's infrastructure and real estate, + but rarely even pay a dime. The only tax which they do (in a sense) pay, is the income tax from their + employees; at least the people without illegal tax structures and an army of attorneys to help them out. + Therefore, the corporation owes you something! After all, if it paid taxes, you likely would have much lower + taxes, or at least much higher quality of life. + </p> + <p> + So why should you pay taxes? People and corporations much wealthier than you don't, and owe you for it; so why + would you pick up their slack? You should be trying to squeeze as much value out of your hard earned money as + possible. The only problem: when the tax evading class recognizes an untermench trying to climb into their + ranks, they get upset: they can somehow smell it on people, and will villify you immediately. You will + have to face the courts and might lose everything. + </p> + <p> + But at least it sent a message, is what I would say if I believed that it would: in reality, this will only + cause the government to crack down harder. They will realize how much money there is to be made in persecuting + tax evaders without access to a legal team. So if you do start to take what you rightfully deserve, don't get + caught. + </p> +</main> +<footer> + <a href="/"><< Return</a> +</footer> +</body> +</html> |