So, the ultra-rich can organize a “business” entity — entirely owned by them — buy a yacht (and/or private jet), pretend to “lease” or “charter” it to themselves whenever they travel, and then even stiff their own company for the costs, then claim the losses as tax deductions, so the government (that they want “out of their lives”) pays them to run this scam.
https://www.propublica.org/article/harlan-crow-slashed-tax-bill-clarence-thomas-superyacht
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