If everyone refused to pay their taxes the government would just get the money from elsewhere, either by making cuts to infrastructure or worse, by just printing more money and driving up inflation. So cutting them off from tax money doesn’t do anything, they made up this game (money) and they can break the rules of it.
Not even the Joker is crazy enough to commit tax fraud.
But… It’s about sending a message.
If everyone refused to pay their taxes the government would just get the money from elsewhere, either by making cuts to infrastructure or worse, by just printing more money and driving up inflation. So cutting them off from tax money doesn’t do anything, they made up this game (money) and they can break the rules of it.
Heh. “Rules”. Heh. The Big Short’d like a word.