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It's rather a case of the politicians screwing up the system in the first place. In the case of individuals, they have wealth which they are able to move around the world utilising the various tax breaks on offer which works because they have sufficient amounts of spare capital to play with. Corporates in the same way use the systems set up by governments to maximise their returns - That's the job of a company's board of directors, to trade within the law, be solvent and maximise the returns for shareholders. Though it should be noted that there tends to be insufficient shareholder pressure to reign in their personal ambitions and returns. As an individual, you will move your capital around and park savings in an account which gives a higher rate of return. Same principle. I very much doubt that we have any members who fall within the top 1% of wealthy people on this planet, but if we do, I don't begrudge them their wealth, nor would wish to apply a different set of rules just because they have more than I do. Anyone complaining that they don't pay tax should also cash in their ISAs and put the capital into a taxable account. People will never be equal across the board. There will always be the haves and the have nots, only the defining parameters change with the system. As long as someone's wealth has been earned by legal means, then that's reasonably theirs.

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