[bbzealot]

How is this relevant to my comment?

As an Italian I agree that taxes are rather high, but enforcing them only on a subset of citizens while happily allowing another subset to easily avoid them is definitely not the solution.

I'd be much happier if the government enforced taxes for everyone, which would then allow it to either improve services or reduce taxes.

[inglor_cz]

Is this a realistic scenario? Democratic governments are beholden to their core voting blocs and can only keep their power by addressing their immediate (as opposed to long term) interests. This is the mechanism that generates various loopholes in tax codes worldwide.

[bbzealot]

For sure the situation won't improve under the current government, but there have been improvements in the past.

TBH I just hope that honest taxpayers (which I'm sure are the majority of people, given employees can hardly avoid taxes) will realize that this system is a problem, and start pushing for a more just fiscal system.