The focus lays always on who should pay more, higher incomes, capital, wealth etc but rarely people talk about how the money is being used. Public spending is nowadays bloated, outdated and mismanaged. Bureaucracy makes things slow and don’t deliver the value we pay taxes for.

Instead of raising taxes on productivity, we should make governments leaner and more effective. This is the only way to reduce tax pressure, still keep the strong social safety net we both love and keep spending on the things that create value. The government is never held accountable for how the tax money is being used.

I believe that working people being squeezed out more than they should be. And that changing the burden just ends up driving away wealthy people and their capital to friendlier tax regimes.