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the standard deduction doesn't work on a national level. The cost to survive in boston is not the same as rural louisiana.

Everything is designed to maximize taxes on the poor and working class, especially the new tariff tax plan.

That being said... the 'little getaway' is easily classified as a business expense in a business. "I traveled to meet with a client" - maybe my getaway was to interview with a potential employer. I can make up bullshit all day and nobody can prove it one way or another.

I've personally seen multiple CFOs do illegal shit like embezzlement. I've seen internal audit things swept under the rug like fucking crazy.

On the small business side there's all the blue collar workers gladly taking cash without receipts and never recording it as income. Props up the 'business' owners, hurts the working class unless they do side gigs for cash. It's all broken.