There is a large body of research and a wide variety of actors across the political spectrum who are all in agreement that the US is one the largest tax havens

There is a large body of research and a wide variety of actors across the political spectrum who are all in agreement that the US is one the largest tax havens in the world. I can only assume that you've never been exposed to any of that and are simply making a knee-jerk reaction comment. Here's one recent report from just the past few weeks: "Report Says US Is World's Second Biggest Tax Haven": https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-30/u-s-seen-as-world-s-second-biggest-tax-haven-after-switzerland https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-30/u-s-seen-... There are many, many more such things written over decades. Here's a 2009 article from The Economist on the same subject of America's status as one of the world's premiere tax havens: http://www.economist.com/node/13382279 http://www.economist.com/node/13382279