David Mitchell on Tax Avoidance from The Last Leg

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Recommends LinuxBender · 2024-09 · on “Buy, Borrow, Die – Explained”

I don't know if this video will display for everyone as someone tagged it as private though I can see it not being logged in. I think David Mitchell has the best take on tax avoidance vs evasion . [1] [1] - [this video] [video][3 mins] David Mitchell on Tax Avoidance from The Last Leg

Recommends nabla9 · 2025-07 · on “Donate to the Treasury to help pay down the $36.7T public debt”

"If you want more taxes and are rich, just donate to treasury argument" again. We want systemic changes, not patrons. Taxes are for equity and fairness. Taxes are compulsory, donations are voluntary. Taxes are payment for being for being rich. Donations are taxes for being a good person. Great rant: David Mitchell on Tax Avoidance from The Last Leg [this video] Then Mitchell being more serious: You can't blame the rich for paying as little tax as possible. I do the same [LINK]

Cites lobster_johnson · 2017-11 · on “Paradise Papers: Dear Tim Cook”

But that's not how legal systems works. If you're caught running a red light, you can't argue that "many other people are doing it, too". Similarly, if a dozen cars run a red light at the same time, and only you are stopped, the best you can do is argue discrimination; you still broke the law, and you're still culpable, and it's the police's prerogative to catch whomever they can. That's also not how legal precedent works. Legal precedents in the US are derived from court decisions, not whether something is occurring en masse. I'm not even sure why precedents work, given that there's no "case" here. Your misplaced cynicism about moral outrage becomes more obvious if you replace tax evasion w