I'm picturing a CEO in a board meeting suddenly turning heel on the fiscal policy and spinning it as "y'know it really is our duty as a fortune 500 American company to be paying our taxes because it pays dividends back into this country..." met by the credulous looks from everyone else in the room and mix of eager to pensive nods from other Executives.

The C-suite trying to pull fast ones by Accounting hoping they won't notice but getting their plots subtly foiled by the existence of so many tax loopholes.

The only thing across the runtime that definitely 100% for sure won't happen is the blanket lowest-pay raises, but it frequently gets brought up as a joke that's only funny for the first few episodes and quickly becomes a tired cliche; the last resort suggestion that has to be tried and shot down every. single. time even though it becomes increasingly clear that it would be a net positive for everyone. In that sense, the humor is still there, but it's in the cynical acknowledgement of the situation rather than the lowest paid employee actually being the butt of the joke.

Usually it's through stock. Capital gains taxes are low.