Given American anti tax sentiment, it isn’t surprising.
Plus there is a concerted effort to maintain the narrative that the government should be starved, because the government is the most wasteful body that can be.
Being rich isn’t just some sort of statistical metric - it’s also a clear cut option to have your principles and desires accommodated.
It’s not hard to believe.
To determine whether its 60-40 (tax avoidance - convenience optimization) would seem to be the question to pursue.
Being wealthy unlocks the option to not be a rational actor with little or no real world consequences, enabling capricious urges and whim to be a significant factor in the decision making process. See: Elon musk.
Or take people who are super competent, with strong ethics and world class bravery, and catapult them into the truly heroic! Think for example, Elon Musk!
I also think Elon has done great and important things for humanity, but to call him super- competent, ultra courageous, and heroic might be a pretty significant stretch.
He seems to me to be an analytical thinker with 1st percentile intelligence, who struggles with emotional intelligence and impulse moderation. Probably a pretty fun guy to hang out with, but also an asshole more often than he should be. Nobody is even nearly perfect, and hero worship tends towards the delusional in most cases, so I tend to steer clear of thinking too good or poorly of anyone.
Plus there is a concerted effort to maintain the narrative that the government should be starved, because the government is the most wasteful body that can be.
Being rich isn’t just some sort of statistical metric - it’s also a clear cut option to have your principles and desires accommodated.
It’s not hard to believe.
To determine whether its 60-40 (tax avoidance - convenience optimization) would seem to be the question to pursue.