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by smush 2382 days ago
> we need to crack down on tax evasion

Corporations, small businesses, private citizens all benefit from state funded systems. That's part of the point of having a state in the first place.

It could be seen as hyperbolic to conflate paying the minimum legal amounts with tax evasion. Corporations pay payroll taxes, VAT in relevant countries, capital gains, etc. as required by law.

Whether our laws have large wiggle-room is another matter, but they are not evading taxes. People go to jail for tax evasion.

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>as required by law

Until they lobby/'donate' for laws (and enforcement) to be relaxed. Which continues to very very effective. So effective that campaign-finance-reform is still outside of all public discussion.

They go to jail, unless they're rich (and haven't committed non-white-collar crimes).

For example: https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/canada-revenue-kpmg-secret-...