Over and over again courts have said
there is nothing sinister in so arranging one's affairs as to keep taxes as low
as possible. Everybody does so, rich or poor; and all do right, for nobody owes
any public duty to pay more than the law demands; taxes are enforced exactions,
not voluntary contributions. To demand more in the name of morals is mere
cant..." Judge Learned Hand in Commissioner vs. Newman. 159 F.2d 848 (2d Cir. 1947)
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