Essential reading: Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax

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47. There was some consternation this morning about the privacy of those billionaires being violated

Consternation on the Michael Smerconish show, that is, including by Smerconish himself who agreed that the tax situation is outrageous, but that if the cost of exposing such outrageousness violates their privacy then it should not have been exposed.

To which I say BUNK.

Somebody explain to me why extreme incomes and wealth should be secrets? These people control our lives, they run the world, and we all know they're filthy rich, anyway. Why should it be a secret how much taxes they've paid? I think we're entitled to know, and the kicker is that there are thousands of people inside a certain government agency who DO know. It's not like this is a matter of national security.... or is it?