Ex-communist countries lead the way in a whole nother direction

Having finally escaped the yoke of Bolshevism, Eastern Europe found itself ruined by decades of oppression and victimization. Western "democracies", for all their devotion to "democracy", have taken little notice of their existence and problems while spending trillions fixing what ain't broke in countries Israel hates and fears.

Ironically, the underground economy was a major feature of those mostly Slavic societies while they were still being stomped by the USSR -- and now their citizens are finding they must resort to it all over again as a matter of personal survival. Liberation from Soviet satellite-hood didn't, alas, mean conversion into a low-tax free-market economic life. Rapacious politicians and bureaucrats find their level everywhere, and these noble but hapless nations were ready marks for them.

You'll see the "value-added sales tax" (VAT) mentioned as a factor. This is a form of pure economic cannibalism. Note that the citizens are expected to pay both income taxes and a no doubt crushing VAT over there -- open, bald-faced double taxation on their right to earn a living! Take note, all ye "fair tax" dupes, getting a national sales tax DOES NOT mean losing the income tax.

http://judymorrisreport.blogspot.in/2015/07/the-glorious-underground-economies-and.html

The Glorious Underground Economies and How Folks are Learning to Survive and Thrive While P***ing Off Statists, Socialists and Tax Collectors

http://freedom4um.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=187764 

Do your patriotic duty today. Remind somebody (especially a young person) that communism once existed and ate most of Eurasia. 

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