I don't think anybody here is denying that. There's a big difference between tax evasion and tax avoidance.
I particularly like this quote on tax avoidance from Kerry Packer, 1991:
I am not evading tax in any way, shape or form. Now of course I am minimizing my tax and if anybody in this country doesn't minimize their tax they want their heads read because as a government I can tell you you're not spending it that well that we should be donating extra.
Open cheque book for the State then? My impression is that an increasing number of people in the UK and EU and I suspect in the US, certainly do not accept there is a moral duty.to pay these taxes though they do so for fear of the consequences.
Genuine needful social spending nothwithstanding, they beg to differ that the State can spend their money without seeming limit, borrowed money at that, better than they can. Just one illustration - the EU budget has not been passed by auditors for 13 years in a row. And when this was questioned from within the hierarchy, that person was sacked.
I particularly like this quote on tax avoidance from Kerry Packer, 1991:
I am not evading tax in any way, shape or form. Now of course I am minimizing my tax and if anybody in this country doesn't minimize their tax they want their heads read because as a government I can tell you you're not spending it that well that we should be donating extra.