Re: Tax evasion at the top of the U.S. income distribution and how to fight it
The remedies seem to avoid an obvious one: jail for tax evasion. Wealthy people must learn that they cannot negotiate or buy their way out of evasion. Tax evaders need to spend time in jail, and not at a "Club Fed" but in a regular jail. Al Capone was put in Alcatraz when it was operating. I see no reason why such unpleasant conditions shouldn't be used as a big stick to increase compliance for all but the most criminal. A few high-profile cases to "encourage the others" seems a worthwhile investment.
Noticed rather more of that today. I suspect dictation rather than auto-correct. But other things as well (notably, repeated material). I'm not sure what "research assistant" means in this context, but a very little copy editing (by someone who can accurately guess the intended wording) would be nice. Not necessarily in real time, clean-up would be good too.
My own preference is to take what you can manage, in the form you can manage it, with noise if necessary, for free. I'm seeing a lot of interesting material this way that I don't think would come my way otherwise. But then I was perfectly happy with the blog so I must be an outlier.
Being retired, I don't experience the new regime very directly but it seems to me that for academics most things have become more time consuming, currently. Apart from those which previously involved travel.
Re: Tax evasion at the top of the U.S. income distribution and how to fight it
The remedies seem to avoid an obvious one: jail for tax evasion. Wealthy people must learn that they cannot negotiate or buy their way out of evasion. Tax evaders need to spend time in jail, and not at a "Club Fed" but in a regular jail. Al Capone was put in Alcatraz when it was operating. I see no reason why such unpleasant conditions shouldn't be used as a big stick to increase compliance for all but the most criminal. A few high-profile cases to "encourage the others" seems a worthwhile investment.
You know that I love you, Brad. However, you need to do a better job of proof-reading. I know that autocorrect is a huge part of the problem.
Noticed rather more of that today. I suspect dictation rather than auto-correct. But other things as well (notably, repeated material). I'm not sure what "research assistant" means in this context, but a very little copy editing (by someone who can accurately guess the intended wording) would be nice. Not necessarily in real time, clean-up would be good too.
My own preference is to take what you can manage, in the form you can manage it, with noise if necessary, for free. I'm seeing a lot of interesting material this way that I don't think would come my way otherwise. But then I was perfectly happy with the blog so I must be an outlier.
Being retired, I don't experience the new regime very directly but it seems to me that for academics most things have become more time consuming, currently. Apart from those which previously involved travel.