This nation was literally founded on a desire to give the middle finger to the tax man.
Ethics is a very subjective thing. I disagree with your take.
Ethics is a very subjective thing. I disagree with your take.
Take this up with the IRS if you disagree with it. Don’t blame the individual for following the law.
No man owes the government more than the government demands.
Ethics has no place in the discussion aside from being a consideration in setting what the government demands.
If we want fewer loopholes then we should prioritize that when selecting our government.
The law does not define ethics. Ethics does not define the law. It is folly to pretend there is more than a tenuous bidirectional link.
For example, any father ethically owes his children more than child support. And any child ethically owes his father more than refraining from stealing from or killing him.
1) Follow the spirit of the law, which is that on your death, your assets are taxed as they are passed on, thus you contribute to funding the laws and society we are supposedly working together to create.
2) Do work to avoid having to give up anything, even though you can easily afford it, and you'll be dead anyway.
I don't see how #2 is ethically the same as #1. He doesn't have to do the most selfish thing just because he isn't technically being forced otherwise. Caveat that I haven't researched if this guy is giving tons of money away otherwise or something, I'm just trying to explain why I think it's fair for people to criticize this behavior even though it might be legal.