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 failing 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 servants accumulate privileges, high salaries and full pensions — at the expense of ...
Authorities talk about a new "economic miracle", but the reality for ordinary Brazilians is very different: loss of purchasing power, high tax burden and illusory growth sustained by spending...
High prices in Brazil are not the fault of companies, but of the devaluation of the real, inflation and tax burden. This post explains why attacking the producer is a mistake — and how the truth is that...
The State Against the People: When the Discourse of Protection Becomes a Weapon of Fiscal Oppression
Analytical post that denounces how the discourse of state protection serves as justification for tax oppression and increased bureaucracy. It shows how the poorest are the most affected by a system of...
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