Reddit reviews Treasure Islands: Tax Havens and the Men Who Stole the World

> on a personal level they are doing it for their benefit. They could be so much more valuable to society if they do things like paying proper taxes. I would rather they did that.

Agreed, especially Hamilton, he has image consultants/PR Reps who carefully manage his public image and social media presence. All the Unicef photos were clearly part of that (not that I doubt that Hamilton had good intentions). Paying your taxes and not having them managed so that your %age is as small as it could possibly be does far more good.

> I think Sainz pays taxes too. He lives in London.

Sainz will be a non-dom, so his tax bill will me very small. Much smaller than if he lived at home in Madrid.

> Ocon and Gasly live in France.

Ocon moved to Geneva a few months ago, sadly. Made me lose a lot of respect for him. Magnussen & Gasly are now definitely my favourite drivers. Gasly still lives in Rouen, I believe.

> Fans defending these people blindly are deluded if they can't see for themselves that these are people and corporations doing a marketing exercise to sell their brand. I love the sport but not enough to affect my views on things that affect me in real life. Excuses like these are pathetic.

For sure. There's a lot of deluded people in this thread who will defend their favourite driver no matter what. You can see from the maturity (or lack there of) of the arguments that a lot of the people here are clearly quite young, have no real life experience - probably haven't had a proper job in many cases.

On another note, I would highly recommend reading this. It is very insightful on the matter.

https://www.amazon.com/Treasure-Islands-Havens-Stole-World/dp/B0058OR61O