In Hungary, the effective tax rate is ~33%, we also have 27%(!) VAT, but hey, if you're making the grandchildren of Fidesz voters work "real manly job", you can get a 0% tax rate on your business.

It's called lobbyism here, so it's okay.

/s

People being fine with higher taxes is a function of a trustworthy system where tax money actually goes to spending that benefits the tax payer.

If the expectation is that the funds get misplaced/pocketed/diverted along the way your average citizen will be far more willing (and view it as far more morally justifiable) to make efforts to avoid/reduce paying taxes.

Until you realize your life is in fucking danger there. Nearly every summer, in Greece, we are dealing with wildfires.

Last year, there was a fire in Rhodes during September. People were jumping in the sea to save their life. The response of the government was to provide vouchers to tourists from foreign countries, so that they will visit again next year.

The government gave no shit to Greek people, and I don't really think people from other countries dared to come again.

Besides the issues with emergency services, there are also pricing problems. I only know about Greece and Turkey. In tourist areas of those countries, all prices are inexcusably high.

So do you have the president of the central bank steal a third of your yearly GDP while you get taxed 45% on your income, 32% on everything you buy, and also on random bullshit?

Amateurs.

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As a matter of fact I used Reddit only to find Lemmy and that took less than two weeks. Never came back.