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There will always be cheaters. In this case, rich cheaters. The people "resorting" to Fonseca were the privileged. They must not get any clemency in their tran
by lolc 8y ago
There will always be cheaters. In this case, rich cheaters.
The people "resorting" to Fonseca were the privileged. They must not get any clemency in their transgressions. I'm happy to see there's at least some fallout from all of this. I expected less.
- merinowool 8y agoIn many countries normal people are getting shafted by progressive tax system, that promotes being poor and they are tired of having their money being spent on people that don't contribute due to their laziness. It is hardly being privileged. Fix unfair tax system and people will not _have_ to use such services.
- lentil_soup 8y ago"people that don't contribute due to their laziness" Care to explain what you mean by this?
- ionised 8y agoHe sounds like he's just regurgitating sound bites.
- merinowool 8y agoPeople who feel they are better off welfare payments than work.
- cascom 8y ago100% - except what’s extremely frustrating is the [willful] ignorance of the press in reporting on the issue. There are some people in these documents that should be named shamed (and probabaly prosecuted) but most of the “celebrity” clients seem to be undertaking perfectly legal/normal tax planning activities. E.g. just about every U.S. university invests their endowments through offshore vehicles, and are not doing anything remotely seedy