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There's no failure on my part to see how the world is. Legally speaking, law is to be interpreted. In these cases of tax evasion, it's fairly obvious they're breaking the spirit of the law. Your entitlement argument is bizarre to me. They are entitled to save as much as they can, after they've paid their dues back to the society who helped support a more stable environment. In Canada for example, many health care costs are covered for every citizen - so businesses don't have to necessarily pay as high of wages to workers - they of course are partially paying for these health costs through taxes. Same with public transit and road systems their employees will use. Apple paying high salaries is an apples and oranges argument - likewise, they couldn't "afford" as high of salaries if they were paying proper taxes; of course they still could afford such high salaries because of their profits. Imagine how good Apple would look right now if they were one of the few massive companies who didn't avoid paying fair taxes? Especially since they can afford it.