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by JoeAltmaier 806 days ago
Only from some indignant-irate viewpoint. Paying less is a win. Taxes are a fraction of what you would pay (in th other imaginary scenario) - a percentage of the margins on the transaction. If those are apparently reduced to zero through some chicanery as suggested, you still pay less than what those 'missing tax dollars' would have been. You participate in the savings.
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I mean, if you only think from the scale of 'only I exist on earth and nobody else' then yes, but if you consider the grand scale of tax evasion, the cost in your taxes from all of this is vastly greater than any credit card fee.
No I don't think I want to pay more for goods and services because that way it generates more taxes. That's never gonna be a goal of mine.