Originally Posted by beechhouse
What makes you think the rich pay taxes at all? (McCain, Property Taxes) http://www.newsweek.com/id/143775/

They pay taxes when they are required to retain control of their property. That's how they stay rich.
Unfortunately the citation offered doesn't provide evidence of tax avoidance by Ms Cindy McCain, rather an oversight by the Trustee of a Trust for which she is responsible. OBTW, what does this have to do with the question of income or wealth taxation? Perhaps an explanation will be fortcoming otherwise offtopic