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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So inflating the value of one's charitable donations to get an extra $10 in deductions and  tax evasion to avoid paying millions are both "cheating on taxes" that warrant the same outrage? Just making sure that you aren't engaging in moral relativism.[/quote]

Why do either?  Don't lie about donations to save a few bucks.[/quote]
Way to dodge the question. Though I have a good idea why you did.

Most of us are not going to have the same level of outrage when a Ward 7/8 family takes advantage of a situation to have their kid attend JR vs. well-off EOTP Ivy League grads who lost out in a lottery. I'm not heartless.
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They should be treated the same. The whole point of the lottery is to provide more options to students in parts of town that are not well served by local schools. I might understand better why someone in Ward 8 would want to break the rules to get their kid into JR, as opposed to a Capital Hill family with more resources and options, but I actually think both families should follow the rules. Especially since the rules were actually explicitly designed to try and help families with weak IB schools -- the lottery exists to give these families options. If instead everyone bypasses the lottery and lies about their housing to get into one or two schools, what is the point of the lottery in the first place?[/quote]

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