Don_Dickle to No Stupid [email protected] • 6 days agoWhy doesn't the US government just tax illegal immigrants a little bit more than the Average american? Then use those funds to fix infastructure or a new WPA of the 21st century?message-square29fedilinkarrow-up124
arrow-up124message-squareWhy doesn't the US government just tax illegal immigrants a little bit more than the Average american? Then use those funds to fix infastructure or a new WPA of the 21st century?Don_Dickle to No Stupid [email protected] • 6 days agomessage-square29fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•5 days agoI just mean that the aphorism about drugs dealers is colorful and amusing. I understand it’s making a real point but it’s also funny.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•5 days agoFair enough. The same saying often goes for sex workers. That’s how they ended up catching Al Capone, on tax fraud charges.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•edit-24 days agoSo why does anyone launder money? Isn’t the whole purpose of that to hide conspicuous flows of cash from illegal activities? If it’s safe to pay taxes on ill gotten gains, why launder?
I just mean that the aphorism about drugs dealers is colorful and amusing. I understand it’s making a real point but it’s also funny.
Fair enough. The same saying often goes for sex workers.
That’s how they ended up catching Al Capone, on tax fraud charges.
So why does anyone launder money? Isn’t the whole purpose of that to hide conspicuous flows of cash from illegal activities? If it’s safe to pay taxes on ill gotten gains, why launder?