Much as I hate Kerry, can you really blame him?
Heh...pretty savvy, but risky though. Remember the yacht he refused to pay exorbitant MA taxes on?
Using the rules they setup for themselves and other elites.
The little people, not so much.
If we were fighting this war in the manner we should, every time we get into power we would make examples of these "Do as I say, not as I do" Liberal Democrats.
We would expose their hypocrisy and try to throw them in jail for tax evasion.
I’m fine with this. I just want this right extended to everyone.
The elites want to hide their cash, while yours is exposed and available for them to tax and spend.
Financial privacy is basic to liberty. It is, for that matter, basic to your personal safety. The same mechanisms that the rich use to hide their wealth should be available to you. This simply means that taxation methods should not depend upon average citizens exposing all of their personal finances to the government. There are other ways of doing it, and no one considers them as long as the income tax is front and center. Remove the income tax, replace it with any number of other taxes, and the need for shelters and offshore secret accounts disappears... though the right to an offshore secret account should be as precious as the first amendment.
The system is corrupt. Elected officials get rich because of their office. Then they make laws to control the normal people.
Our government as a whole doesn't follow the laws. I'm thinking particularly sanctuary cities, immigration enforcement, holding corrupt IRS officials accountable, holding insurance/banking executives responsible for setting off financial meltdowns. It is incredible to watch our country disintegrate.
Kerry did this with a yacht he bought too.
bkmk