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Anyone may so arrange his affairs that his taxes shall be as low as possible; he is not bound to choose that pattern which will best pay the Treasury; there is not even a patriotic duty to increase one’s taxes…

Judge L. Hand, Helvering v. Gregory, 69 F.2d 809 (2nd Cir. 1934)