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Re: Tax Avoidance And Coalition Ministers
The problem with 'cracking down' on tax avoidance is, tax avoidance is a deliberate part of our system of Government. The Government uses tax avoidance to modify social behaviour - most notably, restricting consumption of booze and fags by making it more expensive, restricting the number of gas-guzzling cars on the road by making fuel and road tax more expensive. People avoid those taxes, perfectly legally, by considering other behaviours that do not incur that cost.
If we're specifically talking about cracking down on avoidance, rather than evasion, exactly what sort of avoidance is good, and what is bad?
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