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Keryn's avatar

Thank you, Sorelle and Leon for yet another thought provoking newsletter. Here in Australia, though, I think the social pressure is somewhat different. It's more 'Don't pay any more tax than you legally have to'. It was, after all, the late Kerry Packer who famously said "I pay whatever tax I am required to pay under the law, not a penny more, not a penny less... if anybody in this country doesn't minimize their tax they want their heads read because as a government I can tell you you're not spending it that well that we should be donating extra." and I think most, if not all, Australians agree with him. Even the politicians, who, after all seem to be the ones who get caught committing tax evasion, which is another thing entirely ( and Kerry Packer did NOT recommend. )

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Jack Everly's avatar

Amazing post. I don't see your ideas about paying less taxes as an option, I see them as mandatory behavior now. It's about time governments acted responsibly towards the people they govern. Why else should we tolerate them?

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