Comments on: Even Superheroes Have To Pay Tax http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/04/even-superheroes-have-to-pay-tax/ Lollards in the high church of low culture Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:56:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: AB http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/04/even-superheroes-have-to-pay-tax/#comment-263344 AB Thu, 26 Apr 2007 22:44:21 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/04/even-superheroes-have-to-pay-tax/#comment-263344 It raises another issue for me. Superman doesn't defend positive law of the government, for example he fought the Nazis although they did abide by their own law. Superman follows an absolute justice which is independent of the legal system. Therefore, why doesn't he save people from being taxed by the IRS? Many people don't want to receive any service by the government, yet, they are forced to agree to it, and forced to pay... if any private company forced people to pay for its services without their consent, Superman would surely fight it as an evil enterprise. Why doesn't Superman fight the IRS? Sure its "legal", but how does taxation fit in Superman's ideal of justice?? It raises another issue for me. Superman doesn’t defend positive law of the government, for example he fought the Nazis although they did abide by their own law. Superman follows an absolute justice which is independent of the legal system. Therefore, why doesn’t he save people from being taxed by the IRS? Many people don’t want to receive any service by the government, yet, they are forced to agree to it, and forced to pay… if any private company forced people to pay for its services without their consent, Superman would surely fight it as an evil enterprise. Why doesn’t Superman fight the IRS? Sure its “legal”, but how does taxation fit in Superman’s ideal of justice??

]]> By: Pete Baran http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/04/even-superheroes-have-to-pay-tax/#comment-259118 Pete Baran Tue, 17 Apr 2007 13:00:05 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/04/even-superheroes-have-to-pay-tax/#comment-259118 OK, he really should have hit up Batman then. Or at lest flown to a planet made of gold. OH NOES: GOLD KRYPTONITE. OK, he really should have hit up Batman then. Or at lest flown to a planet made of gold. OH NOES: GOLD KRYPTONITE.

]]> By: Tom http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/04/even-superheroes-have-to-pay-tax/#comment-259087 Tom Tue, 17 Apr 2007 11:53:02 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/04/even-superheroes-have-to-pay-tax/#comment-259087 Lex Luthor has only been a business mastermind since 1986. Prior to that he was a mad scientist. I am sure a big time crime villain got done for parking violations. Maybe that was in real life or a fillum, not a comic. Lex Luthor has only been a business mastermind since 1986. Prior to that he was a mad scientist.

I am sure a big time crime villain got done for parking violations. Maybe that was in real life or a fillum, not a comic.

]]> By: Andrew Farrell http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/04/even-superheroes-have-to-pay-tax/#comment-259086 Andrew Farrell Tue, 17 Apr 2007 11:45:01 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/04/even-superheroes-have-to-pay-tax/#comment-259086 I would definitely believe that at least one supervillain has been done for tax avoidance in an Al Capone-style "Never mind the pile of bodies, you've not been giving Uncle Sam his due!". The most obviously, Lex Luthor, is these days the most unlikely, but has he always been a business as well as crinimal mastermind? I would definitely believe that at least one supervillain has been done for tax avoidance in an Al Capone-style “Never mind the pile of bodies, you’ve not been giving Uncle Sam his due!”. The most obviously, Lex Luthor, is these days the most unlikely, but has he always been a business as well as crinimal mastermind?

]]> By: Andrew Farrell http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/04/even-superheroes-have-to-pay-tax/#comment-259068 Andrew Farrell Tue, 17 Apr 2007 11:10:05 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/04/even-superheroes-have-to-pay-tax/#comment-259068 Also two billion people wtf (weeps for future of humanity) Also two billion people wtf (weeps for future of humanity)

]]> By: Andrew Farrell http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/04/even-superheroes-have-to-pay-tax/#comment-259066 Andrew Farrell Tue, 17 Apr 2007 11:08:30 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/04/even-superheroes-have-to-pay-tax/#comment-259066 I think the first point's quite interesting, because it shows a slightly different attitude than modern times. In a sense you've answered it yourself - the two panels show the FBI man catching Superman by being caught by him, but crucially the moral whammy has been laid upon him, and after that, he'll have to pay because he's the good guy. The moral is that even good people can forget to pay their taxes. I imagine that if Clark Kent were paying a billion dollars in taxes, the IRS would already know. Unless he claimed that he was actually Mexican! Were there actual billionaires in 1961? We just don't know. One point that really hasn't been asked is: if Superman's gathering the riches and gold all the time, why doesn't he just give some of it to pay his taxes? Does he go out drinking (Tennents Super, naturally)every Saturday and destroy it all in a fit of socialism? I think the first point’s quite interesting, because it shows a slightly different attitude than modern times. In a sense you’ve answered it yourself - the two panels show the FBI man catching Superman by being caught by him, but crucially the moral whammy has been laid upon him, and after that, he’ll have to pay because he’s the good guy. The moral is that even good people can forget to pay their taxes.

I imagine that if Clark Kent were paying a billion dollars in taxes, the IRS would already know. Unless he claimed that he was actually Mexican!

Were there actual billionaires in 1961? We just don’t know.

One point that really hasn’t been asked is: if Superman’s gathering the riches and gold all the time, why doesn’t he just give some of it to pay his taxes? Does he go out drinking (Tennents Super, naturally)every Saturday and destroy it all in a fit of socialism?

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