I do not know about other countries but in my country, politics has compromised the economy growth with equity.
As the transition of power evolves, the value of the citizens are depreciated in the eyes of the governments which now optimizes citizens to rely living in fortitude of bravery and accepting challenges so that we don't give it all up hopelessly.
We fight it out by ourselves like there is no government to provide us with some basic amenities and quite better to be called "a daylight robbery or extortion" that once individuals has struggled to make productive differences from the economy slavery chain of the government, you would be will assigned to revenue on taxations.
This is sad, I know that most of us believe that we shouldn't be relying on the government. But they should be the first responder in help and aide for their citizens. At least in the little that they can, there should be support from them on helping their people to survive and provide their provisions, not an actual provision from them but the process and steps should be lightened by them.
My question.... If the government could find utilizations on the citizens for taxations on generating funds for infrastructures and other government services , why don't they invest on the citizens or support those with the potentials to productiveness knowing quite well that once they makes success, they would be demanded to also contributed to the growing structures of the economy?
What the government knows is that if a successful individual refuses to comply with the government order, they will get you frustrated tending to fold your productiveness qualities or you go to jail.
Check out your government if they have educational programs like free basic education from primary to secondary because that's how they invest to individuals.
So, why don't they tax the poor who barely struggle to eat?:[/b]Simply because they found those set of citizens useless and the prison will be occupied if charge them for not paying taxes since there are more Poor people than the rich in the society.
That's an incentive to them.
They contribute in so little ways and to the point that they are only earning money for their food and can't even tax them with that.