Brazil has one of the highest tax burdens in the world and one of the worst returns on public services. Here, taxes are not the price of civilization—they are the cost of sustaining a failed state.
The State treats culture as a luxury: it taxes books, games and technology, restricts legal access and pushes millions towards piracy and informality....
Tax burdens, weak currency and state repression make legal access unviable — and push millions towards piracy as the only option....
While ordinary Brazilians suffer from the loss of purchasing power, a state elite of high-ranking public officials accumulate privileges, high salaries and full pensions — at the expense of the...
Brazil spends like a rich country, but delivers services like a poor country. This analysis reveals how the lack of administrative reform protects privileges, perpetuates inefficiency, and prevents any fiscal solution...
Authorities talk about a new "economic miracle," but the reality for ordinary Brazilians is quite different: loss of purchasing power, high tax burdens, and illusory growth sustained by public spending...
High prices in Brazil aren't the fault of companies, but rather the devaluation of the real, inflation, and the tax burden. This post explains why attacking producers is a mistake—and how the real solution...
The State Against the People: When the Discourse of Protection Becomes a Weapon of Fiscal Oppression
An analytical post that denounces how the discourse of state protection serves as a justification for tax oppression and increased bureaucracy. It shows how the poorest are the most affected by a system...
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