> Thirty years of runaway incomes for those at the top, and the full armoury of expensive financial sophistication, mean they no longer play by the same rules t

> Thirty years of runaway incomes for those at the top, and the full armoury of expensive financial sophistication, mean they no longer play by the same rules the rest of us have to follow They wouldn't have played by the same rules even without offshore tax havens because they would be required by law to pay higher tax percentages than most people anways. Is it a surprise to anyone that people try to avoid paying 45, 50, sometimes as high as 90% on their earnings in tax and perhaps just as much on illiquid, inheritable assets?