The very idea that any tax-and-benefit loophole should be left unexploited, for reasons of self-respect or self-reliance, seems redundant.
In 2013, the Rudd government suffered all kinds of media and industry criticism for closing the fringe benefit tax loophole which applies to "company cars" that are in reality driven purely for private use.
Romney has proved himself right: We manifestly do have a problem with people who see themselves as victims even as they benefit from loopholes in the tax code.
Districts like Syosset also benefit from loopholes in the state funding formula that drive hundreds of millions of dollars each year toward wealthy and moderate-income school systems that could do without it.
The government here does not oppose moves in the UK to close benefit payment loopholes but Warsaw wants London to do it in a way that is non-discriminatory and in line with EU regulations.
The bigger problem for the Republicans is the second tax break that Romney benefitted from — a loophole designed exclusively to benefit a very small group of extremely rich men and women: hedge-fund managers and private-equity managers.
As a professional basketball star three decades ago, Bill Bradley was shocked at how much time he spent with lawyers seeking ways to shelter his income from taxes, and at how team owners benefited from "loopholes big enough to drive a Sherman tank through," as he put it in his 1976 memoir, "Life on the Run".
Nabors was one of four companies to benefit from the loophole.
A White House spokesman, Bobby Whithorne, said Mr. Froman did not receive a benefit from that loophole, known as "carried interest".
Experts said the measure would not result in major changes to the tax bills of those who already benefit from the loophole.
The care companies known to benefit from the loophole are: Partnerships In Care (several of whose mental health facilities have recently failed inspections), Independent Clinical Services, Priory Group, Acorn Care, Tunstall, Lifeways, Healthcare At Home, Spire Healthcare and Care UK.
