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To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (602824)	3/8/2011 5:39:28 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 1576002

the tax break certainly does generate compensation for the exec's..... A tax break on compensation doesn't generate the compensation. If the public or government don't get the tax money it would get from fair taxation, it certainly does mean it's coming from the public...... No it doesn't. Its not the government's money, until the government takes it. Taking less isn't giving some any more than a burglar is giving you something when he leaves half of your stuff at your house only taking the other half. You mean they will find another way to cheat or game the system......to you this is moral. I didn't make a judgment call about it, I didn't say it was cheating or it was not, it was moral or it was not, I said "As a practical matter...", not "my moral judgment is..." The practical issue is the government almost certainly won't get most of that money no matter what it does. Whether you consider it cheating or immoral doesn't change that fact. If there is no benefit from changing the policy why change it? But since you want to address the "cheating" issue, its not cheating if you follow the tax laws.