What he does isnt a question of ethics. Hes breaking the law by not reporting income to intentionaly not pay taxes, and then a step further he applies for benefits meant for people in need, that he doesnt actualy qualify for except under criminal pretenses he does and so he is now also stealing. It's illegal all the way around. So of coarse its unethical behavior. One day he will **** off the wrong girlfriend or wife and they will report him and he will go to jail, no I mean prison.I have a friend who is self employed and he receives a goodly per cent age of his income in cash. I guess he is somewhat absent minded because he forgets to report all of that cash income. He has also said he makes quite liberal use of the business “expenses” that he incurs annually as well.
As a result his taxable income is minuscule if not non existent and he, therefore, qualifies for Obamacare. In my opinion he is actually sticking it to the government twice by not paying taxes AND accepting the subsidy. IÂ’m basically subsidizing him since my income is derived from W-2 and 1099 revenue. When I give him a hard time about it he just laughs.
Ethical ? Not hardly ! ! HeÂ’s gotten away with it for decades. If everyone actually followed the tax guidelines, as messed up as they are, there would be a monumental budget surplus. As it is, I would venture a huge majority of tax returns are falsified.
Heaven forbid we should attempt to curtail the excesses. Only those of us who do pay our taxes are the actual suckers ! !