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I wholeheartedly disagree. If I choose to live rent-free in my parents' basement, I will not get fined for doing so. I keep ALL of my cash. But I'll STILL get
by MicroBerto 10y ago
I wholeheartedly disagree.
If I choose to live rent-free in my parents' basement, I will not get fined for doing so. I keep ALL of my cash. But I'll STILL get fined for having not buying myself insurance.
I'm not sure what logical fallacy you're throwing here, some form of "Denying the antecedent" or something along those lines, but it's not the same situation.
- ubernostrum 10y agoIn both cases, A does something and B does not, and the result is B pays more income tax than A despite A and B having equal income. Why people insist the two cases are conceptually different (i.e., that one and only one of them is a "fine" for not doing the thing), I do not know.