Whether it's a penalty or a tax, it's all one in the same. It's coming out of somebody's hard-earned money in their pocketbooks and that's the point. So in some ways, to me, it's a distinction without a difference.
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Fines are preferable to imprisonment and other types of punishment because they are more efficient. With a fine, the punishment to offenders is also revenue to the State.
There are no opportune times for a penalty, and this is not one of those times.
The difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion is the thickness of a prison wall.
We do not commonly see in a tax a diminution of freedom, and yet it clearly is one.
The Affordable Care Act's requirement that certain individuals pay a financial penalty for not obtaining health insurance may reasonably be characterized as a tax.
What we've seen this season is that if something that will enhance performance is available, some players will indulge... unless the penalty is an absolute deterrent.
If you are doing well, your business will pay more in tax; if you're not doing well, you pay less.
I'm like tax. You're going to pay one way or the other.
For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.
If the penalty for hiring illegals is just a fine, it becomes a business decision. But if the penalty is jail time, illegal immigration will come to a screeching halt.
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