Yes Bobert...the system encourages tax evasion by the rich...that is the "carrot"

The ordinary folks get "the stick"....especially when the system fucks up spectactularly... and we are about to be beaten to a pulp, as we are surplus to requirements.

Like they did in Cyprus, it wont be long till they start dipping into private bank accounts.
The most important thing is to keep a sense of proportion, any change is going to be long term.....if we try revolution we will be shot down like dogs....we have stop dividing ourselves into factions, the enemy is not the left or the right socialist or conservative, it is the system itself.....it is the system which corrupts, I do not believe that humanity is inately corrupt, many of the primitive civilisations existed for many thousands of years.

Our values have been corrupted by the deification of money...most modern civilisations have been destroyed by the worship of false gods.

I dont agree with people like Ron who say there is no altruism in humanity....they excuse the system.....there is no altruism in any economic system, as to prosper it requires the sacrifice of other humans or earths resources.