Tax evasion is your moral duty

+ Why are prices shown without tax in the USA? Actually, scratch that - why aren't they shown without tax in + Europe? In the American system, the price on the label is not what you pay at --
+ Nevermind, I'm just going to assume you know how taxes work. I used to think the European worked better; it's + more opaque, the customer knows exactly how deep they will have to reach in their wallet to take their goods + home. However, as I have grown more skeptical of the government, I started to realize that the American system + makes much more sense. On the label, the customer sees the price the merchant will receive for that good. The + difference the customer spends on that product goes to the government. +

+ This way the customer is always acutely aware of how much of it's hard earned money is going to the top. + Tax increases do not in- or decrease the price shown on the label; only when the establishment actually + increases the price. This way, the government can be held more accountable: the customer knows whether a price + change is the effect of the corporations, or the government. In Europe, the taxes are a black box - apart from + a line on the receipt (who reads those anyway?), you have little idea how much you are paying. Of course, + you could just learn your local rates; but I don't want to bother. +

+ Back to the subject. Again, I'm going to assume you are aware every corporation under the sun (or moon) is + using offshore accounts, shell corporations, suspect rental agreements and other, some likely unknown to + everyone else, methods of avoiding tax payments. They are using your country's infrastructure and real estate, + but rarely even pay a dime. The only tax which they do (in a sense) pay, is the income tax from their + employees; at least the people without illegal tax structures and an army of attorneys to help them out. + Therefore, the corporation owes you something! After all, if it paid taxes, you likely would have much lower + taxes, or at least much higher quality of life. +

+ So why should you pay taxes? People and corporations much wealthier than you don't, and owe you for it; so why + would you pick up their slack? You should be trying to squeeze as much value out of your hard earned money as + possible. The only problem: when the tax evading class recognizes an untermench trying to climb into their + ranks, they get upset: they can somehow smell it on people, and will villify you immediately. You will + have to face the courts and might lose everything. +

+ But at least it sent a message, is what I would say if I believed that it would: in reality, this will only + cause the government to crack down harder. They will realize how much money there is to be made in persecuting + tax evaders without access to a legal team. So if you do start to take what you rightfully deserve, don't get + caught. +

Tax evasion is your moral duty.

Ewy's thoughts.