Opinion | The people fighting to starve the IRS think the law doesn’t apply to them

If, say, the chief monetary officer of an actual property firm doesn’t pay taxes on the non-public automobile that his firm items to his spouse; or on the lease for the posh condominium that his employer is funding; or on the wads of money his firm slips him for vacation bonuses, off the books; or on the private-school tuition his boss pays for the CFO’s grandkids, all meaning the federal government is paying roughly half the invoice, based mostly on the CFO’s possible marginal tax fee.