Audit Them All?
by Byrne Hobart
Categories: Uncategorized
Via TaxProf, I found this article suggesting that we audit all high-ranking politicians political figures. Not to be vindictive — or not just, anyway — but because people take cues from politicians on how to behave, and incidents like the Daschle tax affair make people less likely to take taxes seriously.
This doesn’t just have the obvious effect of streamlining the nomination process by digging dirt in advance. And it’s also not just a way to keep politicians honest about the favors they’re getting from — and doing for — their friends.
Nope, it’s actually based on a legitimate study, which showed that people cheat less on their taxes when they think others cheat less, too.
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