Who’s the tax cheat?

The lady in jail, or the man in the White House? 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Prouser/CNN, via Reuters and Pool Photo by Kathleen O'Rourke [Author Headshot](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhZI16P0TJaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vY29sdW1uL25pY2hvbGFzLWtyaXN0b2Y_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NDUmZW1jPWVkaXRfbmtfMjAyMDEwMTAmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MjMwMzEmbmw9bmljaG9sYXMta3Jpc3RvZiZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9NDA1NjcmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCgApegiCX5oZoY5SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) By [Nicholas Kristof](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhZI16P0TJaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vY29sdW1uL25pY2hvbGFzLWtyaXN0b2Y_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NDUmZW1jPWVkaXRfbmtfMjAyMDEwMTAmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MjMwMzEmbmw9bmljaG9sYXMta3Jpc3RvZiZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9NDA1NjcmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCgApegiCX5oZoY5SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) Opinion Columnist [My column](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhZI16P0TcaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8xMC8xMC9vcGluaW9uL3N1bmRheS90cnVtcC10YXhlcy5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTQ1JmVtYz1lZGl0X25rXzIwMjAxMDEwJmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTIzMDMxJm5sPW5pY2hvbGFzLWtyaXN0b2YmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTQwNTY3JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgoAKXoIgl-aGaGOUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) today starts by looking at two tax cheats. One is the person you’re thinking of, sitting in the White House — and sitting on $72 million in apparently phony tax refunds that the I.R.S. still hasn’t forced him to hand back. The other is a homeless Black woman named Tanya McDowell who lied about her address so that she could send her six-year-old son to a better school. McDowell, who also faced drug charges, was sent to prison for five years. To me, that’s a window into the failure of our tax system. The very wealthy rip off the government with impunity, making the rest of us pay approximately an extra 15 percent in taxes as a result. Meanwhile, the county in the U.S. with the highest audit rate is an impoverished, predominately African-American county in Mississippi. So by all means fume at Trump’s cheating on his taxes. But the problem is not one man. The entire system is broken. 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I’m referring to the [revelations](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhZI16P4QPAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lm55dGltZXMuY29tLzIwMjAvMTAvMDYvdXMvcG9saXRpY3MvZmFtaWx5LXNlcGFyYXRpb24tYm9yZGVyLWltbWlncmF0aW9uLWplZmYtc2Vzc2lvbnMtcm9kLXJvc2Vuc3RlaW4uaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD00NSZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ua18yMDIwMTAxMCZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0yMzAzMSZubD1uaWNob2xhcy1rcmlzdG9mJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD00MDU2NyZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKACl6CIJfmhmhjlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) that Attorney General Jeff Sessions told border officials, “We need to take away children” from arriving migrants. Rod Rosenstein, his deputy, told the officials that this order applied regardless of the age of the child. So immigration officials ripped babies from the arms of parents along the border, even from breastfeeding mothers. These policies — at the behest of President Trump — amounted to torturing children in hopes of deterring migrant families from coming to the United States (in some cases they arrived legally). Let’s not mince words: Our leaders committed large-scale child abuse. They were sociopaths. And Now for Some Good News The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded Friday [to the World Food Program](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhZI16P0TeaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8xMC8wOS93b3JsZC8yMDIwLW5vYmVsLXBlYWNlLXByaXplLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NDUmZW1jPWVkaXRfbmtfMjAyMDEwMTAmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MjMwMzEmbmw9bmljaG9sYXMta3Jpc3RvZiZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9NDA1NjcmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCgApegiCX5oZoY5SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~), the U.N. agency that keeps malnourished people alive across the globe. I cheered the news, for I’ve seen the organization operate in dangerous places from Darfur to Yemen to Myanmar, and I’m deeply impressed by how well it navigates the impossible tasks of getting food past warlord checkpoints and into the mouths of hungry children. 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Almost one-quarter of children worldwide are stunted from malnutrition in normal times, and hunger is now on the rise because of disruptions caused by the virus. Climate Change and Student Performance [A new study](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhZI16P0SxaHR0cHM6Ly9ueXRpLm1zLzNkMXJGZjM_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NDUmZW1jPWVkaXRfbmtfMjAyMDEwMTAmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MjMwMzEmbmw9bmljaG9sYXMta3Jpc3RvZiZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9NDA1NjcmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCgApegiCX5oZoY5SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) finds that warmer weather undermines student performance. But what I hadn’t appreciated is how this is also linked to racism and poverty. Richer neighborhoods are more leafy, grassy and cool, and rich schools are more likely to be air-conditioned. The study estimated that five percent of the racial achievement gap is explained by temperature gaps, and it emphasizes that air-conditioning is critical not just for student comfort but also for student outcomes. A Reader’s Question About QAnon Marilyn T. writes to ask about the group Save the Children. Sheryl and I recommend Save the Children (and various other non-profits) in our latest book, [“Tightrope,”](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhZI16P0T8aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cucGVuZ3VpbnJhbmRvbWhvdXNlLmNvbS9ib29rcy81ODg5OTkvdGlnaHRyb3BlLWJ5LW5pY2hvbGFzLWQta3Jpc3RvZi1hbmQtc2hlcnlsLXd1ZHVubi8_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NDUmZW1jPWVkaXRfbmtfMjAyMDEwMTAmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MjMwMzEmbmw9bmljaG9sYXMta3Jpc3RvZiZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9NDA1NjcmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCgApegiCX5oZoY5SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) but Marilyn has heard QAnon praising the group, too — and wonders what’s going on. So here’s the situation. 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For a time, QAnon followers used the slogan “Save the Children,” but then they realized that Bill Gates was a supporter of the organization Save the Children (which has nothing to do with QAnon), so some members switched to the slogan Save Children or to other expressions. The bottom line is that Save the Children is a terrific organization that does excellent work at home and abroad, and it has nothing to do with QAnon conspiracies. “Only the Little People Pay Taxes” That was a quote attributed to Leona Helmsley, the flamboyant hotel owner who was eventually prosecuted for cheating on her taxes. And, sadly, there’s something to it. 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