Comments on: Scroungers http://davecole.org/blog/2006/06/09/scroungers/ Thoughts, notes and comments Sat, 11 Oct 2008 10:53:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: edmund http://davecole.org/blog/2006/06/09/scroungers/#comment-72 edmund Sun, 18 Jun 2006 03:20:00 +0000 http://davecole.org/blog/?p=88#comment-72 a) how much do you think the se people pay in taxes comaped to what they recived in serives I expetect they pay more and I think you'd agree that's probablly the case and <br/><br/>b) ther's a big diference between organising your affairs and lying to the authorites about them (including in ethics) and <br/><br/>c) there's a difence between keeping money you're entitled to and taking money you're not <br/><br/>Glad you except hte legaltiy a) how much do you think the se people pay in taxes comaped to what they recived in serives I expetect they pay more and I think you’d agree that’s probablly the case and

b) ther’s a big diference between organising your affairs and lying to the authorites about them (including in ethics) and

c) there’s a difence between keeping money you’re entitled to and taking money you’re not

Glad you except hte legaltiy

]]> By: El Dave. http://davecole.org/blog/2006/06/09/scroungers/#comment-71 El Dave. Tue, 13 Jun 2006 22:59:00 +0000 http://davecole.org/blog/?p=88#comment-71 There is, though, an issue of conflating legality with morality. I think living in a country, benefitting from its services and so on, but deliberately putting your money out of reach is of dubious morality at best.<br/><br/>xD. There is, though, an issue of conflating legality with morality. I think living in a country, benefitting from its services and so on, but deliberately putting your money out of reach is of dubious morality at best.

xD.

]]> By: edmund http://davecole.org/blog/2006/06/09/scroungers/#comment-70 edmund Tue, 13 Jun 2006 19:03:00 +0000 http://davecole.org/blog/?p=88#comment-70 That doesn't deal at all with my point about legality -dubious is not illegal , this was clealry about legal tax changing. <br/><br/>~As for loopholes-these loopholes in the UK(unlike the US) are not speical they exist becasue the goverment doesn't tax something - people diverting their expenditure to something less efficent is the inevitable product of statism That's what you get for it. That doesn’t deal at all with my point about legality -dubious is not illegal , this was clealry about legal tax changing.

~As for loopholes-these loopholes in the UK(unlike the US) are not speical they exist becasue the goverment doesn’t tax something - people diverting their expenditure to something less efficent is the inevitable product of statism That’s what you get for it.

]]> By: El Dave. http://davecole.org/blog/2006/06/09/scroungers/#comment-69 El Dave. Mon, 12 Jun 2006 18:23:00 +0000 http://davecole.org/blog/?p=88#comment-69 Certainly.<br/><br/>However, the legal position of some of these tax havens is at best dubious. There's also a question as to where you direct your resources if you're the state.<br/><br/>Inveighing against 'scroungers' while allowing people to loophole their way around their tax liability seems a little suspect to me, particularly when you look at the sums involved. Certainly.

However, the legal position of some of these tax havens is at best dubious. There’s also a question as to where you direct your resources if you’re the state.

Inveighing against ’scroungers’ while allowing people to loophole their way around their tax liability seems a little suspect to me, particularly when you look at the sums involved.

]]> By: edmund http://davecole.org/blog/2006/06/09/scroungers/#comment-68 edmund Mon, 12 Jun 2006 14:39:00 +0000 http://davecole.org/blog/?p=88#comment-68 On come on there are two big differences <br/><br/>1) There's a diffence between taking money you don't own and aren't even entitled to and keeping money you have <br/><br/>2) There's a difference between keeping the law and breaking it On come on there are two big differences

1) There’s a diffence between taking money you don’t own and aren’t even entitled to and keeping money you have

2) There’s a difference between keeping the law and breaking it

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