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Why Guatemalans Don’t Pay Taxes
Fri, 2010/10/15 - 7:32am — Benjamin Melançon
Why Guatemalans Don’t Pay Taxes
http://www.newmaya.org/team-guate/why-guatemalans-dont-pay-taxes/
Summary:
The government has less revenue per GDP than even Haiti.
The government provides few services (has no money to do so in any case) and is known to be corrupt.
The unenlightened self-interested rich and big business of course just don't want to pay any taxes period.
The fundamental problem is no trust.
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America touts itself as the land of the free, but the number one freedom that you and I have is the freedom to enter into a subservient role in the workplace. Once you exercise this freedom you’ve lost all control over what you do, what is produced, and how it is produced. And in the end, the product doesn’t belong to you. The only way you can avoid bosses and jobs is if you don’t care about making a living. Which leads to the second freedom: the freedom to starve.