stackyFACTSThe greatest magic trick the rich ever pulled was making their money completely invisible to the IRS.
The greatest magic trick the rich ever pulled was making their money completely invisible to the IRS. In 2016, a massive data leak from a Panamanian law firm exposed the worst-kept secret in finance: politicians, celebrities, and billionaires were hoarding upwards of $32 trillion in fake offshore companies to dodge their tax bills. The public was absolutely outraged for roughly 48 hours, and then almost nothing fundamentally changed about global tax enforcement.
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