" There is no special status that allows people to break the law and get away with it more than anyone else."
Perhaps true! They are more inclined to bend the law or simply rewrite it. More than a few BBC employees came unglued when they suddenly got taken on the books after HMRC launched a probe into whether stars had incorrectly declared themselves to be self-employed. Multinationals are being probed for european tax avoidance, but the EU is planning a turnover tax to scupper their devious shenanigins. The panama papers have shed light on the dodgy financial dealings of the elite. The special status they have is oodles of boodle to grease their slippery way ahead.