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		londons_explore on June 3, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Millions of Americans skipping payments as wave of... There are a million ways around that - for example, the landlord could employ the tenant to clean and tidy the property.

OJFord on June 3, 2020 [–]

The obvious fix would be to make it like tax evasion (illegal) vs. avoidance (rational behaviour with a morally questionable extreme) - viz. to a large degree the line is up for interpretation, coming down to the spirit of the law and the motivation behind what was done.

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