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Memes! A way of describing cultural information being shared. An element of a culture or system of behavior that may be considered to be passed from one individual to another by nongenetic means, especially imitation.
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Tax avoidance*
Yes. Tax evasion is a crime. Tax avoidance is paying only the taxes you’re legally required to pay.
If you’re going to blame someone, blame the legislators who created really complicated tax codes with a million different exemptions, loopholes, carveouts, and rebates. Very simple tax systems don’t have these issues so no one ends up paying more than they owe.
It's both
mostly avoidance, specially because they are typically smart enough (or more accurately their accountants are) to realize that going to court with the feds is expensive and paying the minimum amount of tax (and accompanying shenanigans to reduce taxable income) is much cheaper.