Did you listen to the lecture...he did not pay taxes...but that was because he did not own anything to pay taxes on...everything he owned was in trusts...granted the outcome was the same as far as his death...but that was for many years of being outspoken against the government...not just taxes. If you legally set up trusts of everything you own you will not pay taxes....they are very common...and his explanation of what he does is very interesting...