Week in Insights: The Rules Have Consequences Edition

Earlier this week, one of my Bloomberg Tax colleagues, Alex Clearfield, tweeted out a black screen with a few words:

It’s notable as the jumping-off point for one of the most memorable scenes in Martin Scorsese’s masterpiece, “Goodfellas.”

Often referred to as Henry Hill’s very bad day, the time stamps illustrate Ray Liotta’s Hill as he makes his way through his day in a drug-fueled paranoia which, as it turns out, wasn’t really paranoia after all.

“Goodfellas” made its debut in 1990. Based on a real-life story as told by New York crime reporter Nicholas Pileggi, ...