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by oneloop 3564 days ago
Maybe he believes that he can use the same money more effectively for causes that he cares more about.

My point is that there's nothing inconsistent in being charitable whilst trying to minimise the amount of tax you pay.

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I'm certain you are correct in that this is what he believes. I too believe that I can perhaps use my taxes more effectively for the causes that I care about rather than handing them over to the US Treasury. Of course, seeing as I don't have ownership over a slew of offshore shell corporations spanning multiple Caribbean nations and an army of legal experts at my disposal, I don't really get to make that choice.

On some level I agree with you though that there's nothing inconsistent about minimizing one's taxes and being charitable. At the same time, I'm having a hard time accepting this as an absolute truth. If the tax avoidance is a result of what some might see as a "corruption" of the democratic process, even if not necessarily illegal, I can understand why this might be considered ethically ambiguous.