Trump's Taxes and the media

[Zkuq]

Lrdfancypants said:

Zkuq said:

Yes, that's the point of loopholes. Still doesn't mean it's ethical to use them and one might wonder if the laws should be changed in that regard.

Also, this doesn't exactly paint a good picture of Trump's skills as a businessman. You've probably done something pretty terribly if as a result you don't have to pay taxes for 18 years.

I would want the people I work for to use whatever laws are available to cut back on corporate taxes owed.  

Whether the laws should be changed is a different argument. 

I wouldn't consider it a separate argument. If the laws should be changed, it means there's something wrong with the current laws, which in turn makes abusing the existing law morally shady. We're pretty much talking about the morality of Trump evading taxes here, and I don't think we can fully dismiss 'should be law be changed' as an argument then. It's not the main point but it's still related.