Hogwarts letters Re: Choosing sides

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No: HPFGUIDX 119189


kjirstem wrote:

There is some indication that at least the Prime Minister knows about
the WW (isn't there? I could have sworn there was but I can't find it
now...)

Kim now:
I think you're right.  I remember something like that.  Is it in OotP 
or PoA?

kjirstem continued:
I wonder how they deal with taxes. I'd assume the WW pays
for the Ministry of Magic, etc, but you'd think someone in the MW
would get suspicious of Muggle-borns when they don't pay taxes. I
guess those Muggles never notice nuffink. 

The thing that bugs me a little about all the Muggle-borns falling
through the cracks of the RW is that it corresponds pretty well with
Vernon Dursley's view of the WW. It means he's basically right - that
wizarding folk aren't fine, upstanding members of society (at least as
he knows it) - I think that would have to be true for them not to be
noticed. I hate the thought that he might have some basis for that
conclusion.

Kim:
Well, unless the Muggleborns make a substantial drain on the public 
welfare, maybe they don't really owe any taxes.  I think if they 
stick to living most of their lives in the WW, asking them to pay 
taxes in the MW would be kind of unfair.  If they felt guilty though, 
they could always drop a galleon or two in some likely place -- can't 
see a Muggle turning away pure gold no matter what form it came in 
(of course now I can't remember if galleons even are pure gold...)

Kim