'Absurd!': US Billionaires Pay Lower Tax Rate Than Working Class for First Time

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Taxes are not supposed to be painful. They are supposed to be fair and fund the government. Painful taxes just causes avoidance.

Tax avoidance is a crime.

Lock up the billionaires. I see nothing wrong with it.

That's the difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion. Avoidance is legal, evasion is not.

Tax avoidance isn’t a crime.

Do you use deductions on your 1040? That’s tax avoidance.