Only stupid people making that much money pay anywhere near that much in taxes. Get an interest only mortgage and suddenly your rent is "tax free". Also options can be counted as capital gains which is 15% etc. There are a lot of tricks you can play with that level of income. Consumption taxes only apply to a smaller subset of spending because so much of your money is spent on services and out of state.

PS: The worst income bracket is single and making ~100k because they are in a high tax bracket and need to pay 15% in SS taxes on all of it.