The only scam everyone agrees on

This is a screenshot of a social media conversation between two users. Verified user Tom opens by asking the question 'Name a scam that is totally legal.' User James replies with a joke and criticism of modern taxation systems, stating that paying taxes multiple times on the same money is a legal scam: you pay income tax when you earn money, sales tax when you spend that already-taxed money, then pay additional taxes (like property tax) on assets you bought with that already-taxed money. This is a common observation presented as a joke about widely disliked multiple-layer taxation.

This meme was shared on 9GAG with the original title 'The only scam everyone agrees on', it is a screenshot of a Twitter/X style public conversation, with original usernames redacted to hide personal information. It is a widely shared viral joke about multi-layered taxation systems.