Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Rats! City to Pay for Informing on Tax Cheats | NBC Chicago

You dirty rat.

Chicago and Cook County residents aren’t the only ones about to get shocking tax news; the city is debuting a “tax whistle-blower” plan that could turn neighbor against neighbor in Chicago’s business community.

The folks at city hall will pay cash bounties to informants who turn in business tax cheats around the city. The reward would amount to some sort of percentage of the tax money that the city recovers.

Rats! City to Pay for Informing on Tax Cheats | NBC Chicago

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Following the “if it’s fishy” theme of the Obama administration, here is a sure way to bring people together and develop trust, encourage and incentivize spying and reporting on your neighbors. “Live by the sword die by the sword,” deals not only with violence but behavior. Akin to sowing and reaping, our actions have consequences and often of the unintended variety.

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