United States Politics: ∆τ_i*ε*φ*m_i<0 where ε=4 and φ=0.25

[Uncle]

I have some sympathy to the overarching idea there

"if what you're saying is accurate, and it is the law, then yes I will follow it, but you're putting me on the spot here and I'm not a lawyer, so I'm not just going to say I'm going to do whatever you're saying, it's contingent on those two conditions being true"

in practice it shouldn't even be a question, even if it WASN'T the law you shouldn't aid the president in persecuting taxpayers, but I agree with the idea of not just saying you're going to do something based on someone else's word and then having that be on the record

if someone tells me it's illegal to eat pizza on thursdays I'm not just going to say "ok I won't eat pizza then," I'm going to say "if you're right about that, then I suppose I'll comply, but I kind of want to verify the accuracy of your statement before I commit"