I dislike Starbucks on all levels, so it is hard for me to sympathize with them.
The guy running the scam is a jerk, and I don’t have any enthusiasm for him. I detest people like him.
One might say he is gaming the system, and it is fair. I say he isn’t, an lied to get his free stuff.
I could see someone asking me: “But rlmorel, you believe taxpayers can and should enthusiastically exploit loop-holes in the tax code to avoid paying taxes, but you dislike this guy getting a free cup of coffee by gaming a loophole in the Starbucks system? Aren’t you being hypocritical?”
I would answer no, because I don’t believe in lying to get through a loophole in anything. If you have to lie, it is dishonesty right off the bat. If you have to lie to access a loophole, then it isn’t a loophole, it is deception and deceit.
As much as I detest Starbucks, I despise this grifter. I hate people like him.
” ‘But rlmorel, you believe taxpayers can and should enthusiastically exploit loop-holes in the tax code to avoid paying taxes, but you dislike this guy getting a free cup of coffee by gaming a loophole in the Starbucks system? Aren’t you being hypocritical?’
I would answer no, because I don’t believe in lying to get through a loophole in anything. If you have to lie, it is dishonesty right off the bat. If you have to lie to access a loophole, then it isn’t a loophole, it is deception and deceit.”
That and no one forces you to go to Starbucks. Taxes, on the other hand, are not optional.
What this guy is doing is more like illegals filing taxes claiming non-existent dependents to get more EIC money back than paid in.