Federal prosecutors announced charges Friday against a contractor with the Internal Revenue Service who allegedly stole the tax returns of a high-ranking government official. A source familiar with the matter told CNN that official is former President Donald Trump.
How come everyones tax returns are not public? Would solve a lot of problems.
People’s financials are private.
Why should you know what charities I donate to, how much I make in a year, whether I’m paying child support, whether my wages are being garnished, how many houses I own, etc?
Even setting aside the whole “none of that is ever your business unless there’s a very good reason” bit, having someone’s financials available like an open book is so rife with possibilities to abuse/discriminate I can’t even begin to imagine all the ways it would be used in a negative fashion.
That’s a load of bullshit. I can look up my neighbours taxes in 30 seconds where I live and it doesn’t seem to hurt anyone. Americans are just fucking scared into submission by conmen and other parasites who don’t want their frauds and tax evasion in the open.
I see, so you’re assuming that the only difference between your unnamed non-US system, laws, tax code, and culture is that your tax info is publicly available? If it works for you, it must work for everyone, and Americans are just dumb? Got it. If only Americans had such wise and worldly problem solvers.
I can tell by your reply that your mind is already made up so whatever.