Hogwarts letters Re: Choosing sides

[kjirstem]

No: HPFGUIDX 119205


> 
> kjirstem wrote earlier:
> 
> 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:

Found it (PoA Ch 3), article in the Daily Prophet quoting Fudge, "...
I have the Prime Minister's assurance that he will not breathe a word
of  Black's true identity to anyone.  And let's face it - who'd
believe him if he did?"



> Kim earlier:
> Yikes!  Hopefully they would just fall through the cracks like so 
> many folks do out here in the real world, for better or worse.  For 
> Muggleborns evading the MW administration, it would be for the 
> better, IMO.
> 
> kjirstem earlier:
> 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...)


kjirstem:

I didn't mean to suggest that they should pay taxes in both the WW and
MW.  Ooof, I know I'd hate that.  I just meant that there is no
evidence to Muggles of what wizarding folk do, so it probably looks
like they are falling through the cracks in the RW.  And, if you think
they actually are falling through the cracks then that perception is
correct, in a way.