Damien Grant: Here's to the tax dodger123RF Taxation to fund welfare is the forced transfer of wealth from the productive to the unproductive. OPINION: It's time to rethink tax law and the minimum wage. The colourful restaurant identities behind the Masala chain agreed to forfeit $8 million to the state last week. The business model was to sell cheap curries, never pay tax and move the operation between different companies with patsy directors in a never-ending shell game. Taxation to fund welfare is the forced transfer of wealth from the productive to the unproductive and I cheer whenever someone manages to defy the tax collector.

Source: Stuff March 04, 2017 16:01 UTC