People often ask me what are my views on taxation. I am not against it. I am for low levels of taxation that are sufficient to support a lean government.
Unfortunately, myopic ideology leads some governments one step further. They widen the scope of taxation to include their idealistic vision of wealth redistribution.
To achieve that lofty purpose, they have to increase taxes, and in doing so, only manage to erode the middle class. The unintended result? The creation of more poverty.
Now, with the tax base reduced, there is no option but to to demand even higher contributions from the taxpayers that haven't yet become poor. So taxes continue going up.
After years of milking the cow, the animal becomes completely dry. After all, you can't have you cake and eat it.
It is at this point that those people who have managed to hold on to their mental sanity begin moving abroad what is left of their savings. The government's reaction? The criminal process.
Finally, tired of being enslaved by an idiotic system, the sane citizens depart for greener pastures. Not without leaving a short goodbye message to the president or the prime-minister: up yours, mate!
