22/09/2026
"In America, there are two tax systems: one for the informed and one for the uninformed. Both are legal." — Judge Learned Hand
The tax code isn't designed to be intuitive. It rewards people who understand it — not people who work harder.
Hand made the same point even more directly in a 1947 tax case: "Anyone may arrange his affairs so that his taxes shall be as low as possible... there is not even a patriotic duty to increase one's taxes."
[Justia: https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F2/159/848/1565902/]
That's really what all of this comes down to. See https://endurawealthlegacypartners.com/two-tax-systems-informed-uninformed/ 👀 if you want to be in the first group.