Tax Avoidance

See: Free Rider.

When you don't pay your fair share. Ooooh...political hot button warning: a) What's "fair"? and b) Who told you the world was fair?

So, with that as a starting point, shouldn't there just be clear laws, and it's then fair for taxpayers to minimize legally what they owe? Well, sure. It's that "clear" thing that gets in the way. Lots of tricks up the sleeves of very high LSAT-score lawyers to get around the system. And, in the Octagon battle of lawyers, in the "greater than or less than" equation of LSAT scores, intellectual horsepower, and drive:

Private Tax Lawyer Brain > Government Tax Lawyer Brain. So you can guess where things oft head.