There are multiple, dozens of sides to the Panama Papers scandal. What activity was tax evasion (not legal), and what was tax avoidance? (Legal) How much of this money was gained via crony means? (Likely quite a lot looking at some of the people on the “list.”) Why do people feel compelled to avoid taxes in general? Are people justified in trying to keep money they legally made? (Assuming that they earned it via honest and non-crony means.)
Many nations in Western Europe can no longer afford their big welfare states.