one should be aware that if it works, and it's against the intention of the rules, the rules are likely to be changed to prevent it.
Yea, just look how fast tax loopholes have been disappearing in the US, it's only been decades and already they are on the agenda again, sometimes. Although you could argue they are d'accord with the intent of the rules, since those exceptions weren't written into the tax code by accident ...
But even if and when changes to the rules occur, the time lag while the activity is legal is often enough to reap significant benefits anyways, or to accomplish your purposes. Especially when state actors are concerned. I'm sorry, I mean esspppeeeeccccciiiiiiaaaaaaalllllllllyyyyyyyyyy wwwwwwwwwwiiiiiiiiiiitttttttttttthhhhhhhhhhhhh sssssssssssssstttttttttttttttaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaattttttttttttttttteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaacccccccccccccccccccctttttttttttttttttttttoooooooooooooooooooooorrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrsssssssssssssssssssssssss
One man's loophole is another man's legitimate exemption.
Thus spake Eliezer:
It seems that many here might have outlandish ideas for ways of improving our lives. For instance, a recent post advocated installing really bright lights as a way to boost alertness and productivity. We should not adopt such hacks into our dogma until we're pretty sure they work; however, one way of knowing whether a crazy idea works is to try implementing it, and you may have more ideas than you're planning to implement.
So: please post all such lifehack ideas! Even if you haven't tried them, even if they seem unlikely to work. Post them separately, unless some other way would be more appropriate. If you've tried some idea and it hasn't worked, it would be useful to post that too.