Not paying taxes is illegal, a crime even. So are you saying that all "rich" people do such a thing? Do you really think they don't pay their taxes because they're still "rich". They are "rich" because they know how to manage their money, and how to earn more money
He probably meant something different
Rich people can hire expert tax lawyers so that they can avoid paying taxes in a quasilegal way by exploiting loopholes their lawyers find. Obviously, common people have neither experience (and time) to do that on their own nor money to hire someone who can do that on their behalf. In other words, rich people have way more options in this regard, and given their mentality (as you correctly point out), they won't have any scruples about using these options and tactics to their advantage whenever possible
Do you really think they don't pay their taxes because they're still "rich". They are "rich" because they know how to manage their money,
The point is that taxes hurt the poorest people most and for a variety of reasons. Somebody rich can place their money anywhere in the world quite easily. Just considering the scale of being rich means you can in many cases literally hire a manager, an accountant and various other measures to best address any tax regime. The poorest people can barely afford to pay the bus driver for the trip nevermind have a proper capital management system. High taxes dont work, if they at any point attempt to throw the majority of tax on the richest people then it will also fail as the richest are most able to divert capital over seas or to whatever method best avoids the tax.
I'd hope its not too far for people to realise taxes are always going to be paid off by the majority, almost nothing can stop that being the case. Attempts at extreme confiscation of capital also fail and deprive a country of its most talented labour and so on. The best economy is a competitive market place available to all, at least people are given the opportunity to thrive.
I appreciate the thorough explanation from both of you. And I also apologize if my statement is quite misleading. Because that is also what I really meant when I said, 'They are "rich" because they know how to manage their money'. But what I really want to point out is that, however rich people "dodge" tax by hiring tax-lawyers, managers and such--in the end
they will still pay taxes, but as both of you mention, they will find a way just to
reduce the amount they ought to pay, which is, the majority of people would say is unjust/unfair.
That's their mentality, they don't have the same mentality as an ordinary citizen
Let's call it a capitalist mentality
I guess that's the right term.