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Originally Posted by One Red Seat
It seems as if HOSN is suggesting it's perfectly fair to use the same rate for the determination of relative "cheating" on taxes, but it's not fair that dissimilar income levels are taxed at the same rate. Can't have it both ways.
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I do not think it's fair that dissimilar income levels are taxed at the same rate. I respect your opinion, but fail to see why you think that I can't feel both ways.
We're discussing pre-tax income. We're discussing liberties that can be taken on one's taxes to save 10% of that pre-tax income. (I only used the 10% thing for the sake of example/easy math.) These are both determined before tax brackets and the like are even taken into consideration. But regardless of that...
My main argument in this whole thing was to show that what (if) ARod did on his taxes to save a few million dollars is no more morally reprehensible than what you and I do to save thousands. It's all proportional.