Again, we’re going in circles. Yes, society is better if everyone pays their taxes. But again, each individual is better off if they don’t pay their own, obviously. And I don’t blame people for legally paying as little as they can get away with if it’s just some loopholes in a Roth. Honestly, I could respond with the exact same comment as you replied to because there’s really no new material to respond to. Yes, I realise taxes go to national defence. What are you trying to pontificate to me?
At the end of the day you’re kinda pontificating fundamental morality? Mine is (roughly) me and my family > friends, people I know. > people in general > animals. Now with that rough framework, obviously an individual not paying their share of taxes (it being a drop in the ocean) while everyone else pays, it makes sense to take advantage of a Roth loophole. But again, it’s a rough framework because there’s obviously an extreme contrived scenario where you wouldn’t be extremely terrible to a lower ranked group in the framework to benefit a higher group only slightly (e.g kill 1000 strangers to be 1% richer), but I don’t think a Roth loophole is it. I’ve actually been consistent about this if you literally read my comments, but you seem to think I’m not. I also don’t know why you care at this point, as we seem to be clashing on fundamental values. I’m speaking for myself, and also human nature generally. Trust me, if people could legally exploit a Roth loophole this way, most would.
